A new bill penalizing Armenian Genocide denial has been submitted to the French National Assembly on Feb 11.

Earlier reports suggested that Mr. Hollande was planning to go to Yerevan on the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.

Hollande accepted the invitation of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in November 2012 to visit Armenia in 2013, the report said.

The bill envisages a 45,000 euro fine and a year in prison for denial of crimes against humanity, including the Armenian Genocide.

Francois Hollande stressed the need to ensure the legal framework to avoid censorship by the Constitutional Council.

Henri Reynaud says President François Hollande will fulfill the pledge to adopt a bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial.

“Turkey hasn’t received any information on a new discussion of the issue,” Turkish Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis said.

Poor knowledge on legislation and governmental system of other countries played a mean trick on Turkey and, unfortunately, on Armenian media as well. The decision of the French ministry of education, which has nothing to do with the country’s president, to include study of the Armenian Genocide into the secondary school curriculum, sparked a new splash of hatred towards France in Ankara. Turkey met this move with an immediate rebuff, and this is not the first case. The Turks seem to be just busy finding fault with the whole world over the Armenian Genocide.