French socialists press for adoption of bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denialMarch 31, 2011 - 11:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Socialist Party of France which won 36-percent of the votes in the regional election, has urged the Senate to adopt the bill on criminalization of the Armenian Genocide denial, Hurriyet Turkish daily reported. As the newspaper said, “should the bill be adopted by the French Senate, it will cause strain in relations between Turkey and France.” On March 12, 2011, about 3000 people, including world-known singer, Armenia’s ambassador to Switzerland Charles Aznavour, gathered at the French Senate building to demand adoption of the bill passed by the French National Assembly in October 2006. 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. |