  Turkish Minister deems Sarkozy envies Erdogan  February 8, 2012 - 15:36 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Economy Minster Zafer Caglayan cited envy for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as the reason of French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s use of the Armenian cause. In his statement Caglayan named Sarkozy’s envy for the economic progress achieved by Turkish PM as the main reason for French Senate’s adoption of the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial. Turkish Minister further stressed the importance of dual citizenship which would enable Turks living abroad to form a powerful Turkish diaspora. On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial with 127 votes for and 86 against. Expected to be signed into law by President within 14 days, the bill will impose a 45,000 euro fine and a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this crime against humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.   Top stories The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
