Delay of Genocide Criminalization Disaster for French ParliamentMay 23, 2006 - 14:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The aim of the comedy that we witnessed was to prolong the discussions not to put the draft criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide for discussion, Patrick Devedjian, an MP representing the Union for Popular Movement and Adviser of Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, told Le Figaro. "I did not think they would dare to go that far. The aim of the comedy that we witnessed was to prolong the discussions not to put the draft for discussion. This game was organized by the socialists' spearhead and part of the rightists acting apparently on demand. This is a disaster for the parliament where seems to be a ban on discussing concerns facing the French," Devedjian remarked, the Azg newspaper writes. 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. |