PARLIAMENT DELEGATION TO TRAVEL TO FRANCE TO WORK AGAINST ARMENIAN BILL

Anatolian Times, Turkey
May 9 2006

Press Review

Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc said yesterday that a delegation of
four parliamentarians is planning to travel to France tomorrow.

Speaking to reporters, Arinc, currently paying an official visit
to Sweden, stated that France’s Parliament is set to debate a bill
concerning the so-called Armenian genocide on May 18, adding that
the Turkish parliamentarians will hold a series of talks with their
France counterparts to convince them not to pass the bill. Regarding
the issue, Arinc also sent a message to France Parliament Speaker
Jean-Louis Debre last month.