Azad Azarbaycan TV, Baku,
13 Oct 06

AZERI MPS URGE FRENCH SENATE TO REJECT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL

[Presenter] The Azerbaijani parliament has expressed its protest at
the law adopted by the French National Assembly criminalizing the
denial of the so-called Armenian genocide. The Milli Maclis adopted a
statement criticizing the French parliament for believing false
Armenian propaganda and demanding that the Senate reject the law.

[Correspondent] The so-called Armenian genocide is a figment of one’s
diseased imagination and is based on false documents, the Milli
Maclis says in a statement issued in protest at the law adopted by
the French National Assembly criminalizing the denial of the
so-called Armenian genocide. The statement says that the Armenians
have been conducting their reviled policy against Turks for centuries
and have always tried to take advantage of the so-called Armenian
genocide.

Although a proposal has been made to open the archives of the Ottoman
Empire, the Armenian side have always refused a healthy scientific
dispute. In fact, using covert and overt support from Tsarist Russia
beginning from the end of the 19th century, Armenian nationalists
have carried out acts of terror against Turks in Turkey and in the
South Caucasus and violently wiped out hundreds of thousands of Turks
and razed villages and monuments to the ground.

[Passage omitted: Historical background]

The statement said that by falling for Armenian lies and adopting
such a law, the French National Assembly is dealing a heavy blow to
the mediatory mission of the French government to establish peace and
stability in the South Caucasus.

[Passage omitted: Deputy Speaker Bahar Muradova read out the
statement from the rostrum]

The Azerbaijani Milli Maclis, which expresses the will of the
Azerbaijani people, voices its strong protest at the adoption of the
unfair law by the French parliament and expects the French Senate to
take urgent measures to prevent it from taking force.

Namiq Aliyev, Emin Aliyarli, "Son Xabar".