ISN’T THE DRAFT THE OFFICIAL POSITION OF FRANCE?
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[07:35 pm] 11 October, 2006
France benefit from the adoption of the law criminalizing the negation
of the Armenian Genocide, announced French Ambassador to Azerbaijan
Bernard du Chaffaut. He underlined that the draft has been brought
to the Parliament by the oppositional Socialist Party.
Bernard du Chaffaut also mentioned that even if the draft is adopted
in the National Assembly, it will not mean that it will come into
force at once. For that the Senate must confirm it; and even if the
Senate does so, it still will not be the official position of France
to the issue, agency "Trend" informs.
The French diplomat mentioned that the adoption of the draft cannot
have negative influence on the French-Turkish relations and the
relations of France with other Moslem countries. The Ambassador claimed
that the attitude of France will not affect the membership of Turkey
in the EU and that the President of France is for Turkey’s membership.