Kiro Manoyan: there’s real chance for French Senate to adopt Genocide billNovember 23, 2011 - 17:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - ARD Dashnaktsutyun Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office Director believes there’s a real chance for the French Senate to adopt bill penalizing the Armenian Genocide denial. “If in past, representatives of socialist party voted against the bill, this time their support will be provided, as proved by the party’s 2012 presidential candidate Francois Hollande’s statements,” Kiro Manoyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. The expert was skeptical over the possibility for bill adoption to seriously harm France-Turkey ties. “Most probably, Turkey will be threatening France for a short while, with the tension to subside soon,” Manoyan said. French Senator Philippe Kaltenbach introduced a bill envisaging criminalization of denial of the Armenian Genocide in the Senate. The draft law stipulates for up to 5 years of imprisonment and Euro 45 thousand fine for Armenian Genocide denial. The bill was adopted by the French National Assembly on October 12, 2006. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |