Trend, Azerbaijan
Dec 22 2011
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the decision of the
French Parliament
22 December 2011, 23:49 (GMT+04:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 22 / Trend /
Azerbaijan strongly condemns the adoption by the French National
Assembly a draft law of “Ban the denial of the Armenian genocide”,
said in the statement of Foreign Ministry.
Azerbaijan claims that this step contradicts the basic principles of
democracy in the European space – freedom of speech and opinion is at
odds with the obligations of the rights and fundamental freedoms taken
by France, said in a press release issued on Thursday.
“Azerbaijan expresses its deep regret at the fact that with the
adoption by the French National Assembly this draft law the
international community turns a blind eye to the fact that hundreds of
thousands of Azerbaijanis were subjected to ethnic cleansing in the
occupied territories, turning them into internally displaced people on
their lands, as well as a gross violation of their rights”,- said in a
statement of the Foreign Ministry.
On Thursday, the French parliament adopted a bill criminalizing denial
of the so-called “Armenian Genocide”.
Some 45 out of 577 French MPs participated in the voting, 38 of which
voted for, while 7 voted against the adoption of the bill.
The bill envisages about one year imprisonment and a fine worth 45,000
euros for denial of the so-called “Armenian genocide”.
Turkey imposes sanctions against France, the first phase of which
includes termination of all bilateral visits in the economy, energy
and military spheres. Along with it, all the political relations with
France will also be frozen.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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