Baku Draws Parallels between French Bill on Genocide and Karabakh

PanARMENIAN.Net - The legislation criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide to be discussed at the French Parliament on October 12th, will doubt France's being impartial as an OSCE MG co-chair, says a statement of Azeri Milli Mejlis to the French Parliament. «Milli Mejlis urges its colleagues in the French Parliament to be attentive and sensitive in discussing the matter in question,» runs the statement.



In her tern MP Ganira Pashayeva states that introducing the bill in the French Parliament may result in all Turks and Azeris having to leave France.



The following is of importance. Azerbaijan has its unsolved problem - Nagorno Karabakh. Azerbaijan is a CE member and if the EU member states decide to recognize the Armenian Genocide, it may damage the Karabakh talks. All diplomatic, interparliamentary steps should be used to resist to passage of the bill along with Turkey,» Pashayeva underscored, reports Day.az.
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