On Friday the United National Front Party of Azerbaijan tried to hold a picket at the French Embassy in Baku. A group of 15 party activists were pushed from the building. Two party members were detained. Despite the pressure the activists read a resolution calling on the "Azeri population to boycott French products, on Milli Mejlis recognize the genocide of 30 thousand Algerians committed by France in 1954-1961 and refuse from the French mediation within the OSCE MG." The resolution also calls on the Azeri government to break all the economic ties with France, reports Day.az
Baku's discontent was aroused by the bill adopted by the French parliament yesterday. The bill provides for a 45 000 euros fine and a year in prison for the denial of the Armenian Genocide.