AZERI MPS ASK FRANCE TO BE "SENSITIVE" WHEN DEBATING GENOCIDE BILL

ITV, Baku,
10 Oct 06

[Presenter] The Milli Maclis [Azerbaijani parliament] has voiced
concern about the Armenian genocide bill to be discussed at the
French parliament. The [Azerbaijani] MPs regarded the bill as an
attempt to violate human rights and freedoms and decided to appeal
to the French parliament.

[Passage omitted: MPs voice their attitude to the French bill]

[Correspondent] In the afternoon, the MPs adopted the appeal to the
French parliament.

[Deputy Speaker Bahar Muradova, reading the appeal at the rostrum] The
law that may be passed following the activity of various political
groups and ethnic lobbies, can only discredit the influence of
France, a country that has old democratic traditions. In addition,
[if passed] the law will call into question impartiality of France as
a co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group for the peaceful settlement of
the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagornyy Karabakh. Therefore,
the Milli Maclis of the Azerbaijani Republic calls on colleagues at
the French parliament to be careful and sensitive when debating the
mentioned issue.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress