Richard Mallié urges Turkey to apologize for Armenian GenocideDecember 22, 2011 - 14:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A French parliamentarian urged Turkish authorities to apologize for 1915 Armenian Genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire. As Richard Mallié stressed during a debate of a bill penalizing Genocide denial, “many countries apologized for crimes they perpetrated. I urge to finally show justice to Armenian people.” National Assembly member Pascale Crozon in turn, characterized the bill debated as a demonstration of France's struggle against racism and distortion of historical truth. Today, December 22, the French parliament is debating the bill, which envisages a year in jail and a fine of 45,000 euros for those who publicly deny the Armenian Genocide in France. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |