AZERI RESEARCHER REVEALS NEW EVIDENCE CONDEMNING CHIRAC

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Oct 17 2006

The French National Assembly’s approval on Thursday of a bill that
envisions prosecution for denying the "genocide of Armenians" that
allegedly happened in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 is related to certain
historical developments, an Azeri analyst told a news conference
on Friday.

The National Academy of Sciences Human Rights Institute director,
Rovshan Mustafayev, cited facts derived exclusively from foreign
sources to back up his statement, saying that in 1982, the French
government signed a cooperation agreement with Armenian terror
organization ASALA.

"The document envisioned mutual assistance and jointly striving for
the recognition of the fake genocide of Armenians on the international
scale."

Mustafayev said the adoption of the unfair bill was largely influenced
both by French President Jacques Chirac and MP of Armenian descent,
Patrick Davachian, who prepared the bill.

"Davachian is a lawyer for Jacques Chirac’s family and most of their
secrets have been confided in him. Therefore, it was under Davachian’s
influence that Chirac supported the measure. Moreover, Armenians are
now saying that Chirac’s last name is actually of Armenian descent,"
the Institute director said.

Mustafayev presented at the news conference excerpts from Washington
Post, Armenian Reporter and Le Monde newspapers as well as copies of
the minutes from the US Senate hearings providing his findings.

The researcher added that by passing the "genocide" bill, the French
parliament violated a provision of the European Convention on Human
Rights.