French President Vows New Armenian Genocide Bill
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23:19, July 8, 2012
On the heels of remarks by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius that
his government would not be proposing a new bill criminalizing the
1915 Armenian Genocide, a French-Armenian organization says that it
has received assurances of President Hollande that it would.
The Coordinating Council of Armenian Organisations of France (CCAF)
has told AFP that, `Francois Hollande has again expressed his
willingness to propose a bill designed to curb the denial of the
Armenian genocide, as he had said during his campaign and even
before.’
On Saturday, Mr. Hollande’s office also came out with a statement
contradicting what was implied by Fabius just two days prior in a
meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu.
“The president expressed his commitments during the campaign. He will
keep them. We must find a path, a road that allows for a text that is
consistent with the constitution,’ Hollande’s office said.
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