This time, France will pass Genocide criminalization bill – expert

PanARMENIAN.Net - A Turkish studies expert believes that this time, France will pass the bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial.

As Hakob Chakryan told a news conference in Yerevan, “France’s turning down the bill for the 2nd time will seriously harm the country’s authority.”

“Turkey and France having different global influence, the official Ankara realizes its ability to affect France’s decision-making is rather limited,” the expert said.

As political expert Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan, in turn, noted, the bill can be viewed as a means of curbing Turkey’s regional influence.

As the expert noted, the new document will be altered to a certain extent, as the previous one was turned down by the France’s Constitutional Court, so the remarks by the country’s Foreign Minister must be viewed in the light of alterations mentioned.