CHIRAC DID NOT PROMISE ERDOGAN TO INTERVENE IN ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL ADOPTION
PanARMENIAN.Net
19.10.2006 14:10 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ French opposition Socialist Party’s lawmakers,
who proposed the controversial ‘genocide’ bill adopted last week by
Parliament, criticized French President Jacques Chirac for telling
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan he was sorry that French lawmakers
approved the bill – making it a crime to deny that Armenians were
subjected to a Genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire. "It is
disappointing that he [Chirac] apologized over parliamentary work,"
said Didier Migaud, deputy from the Socialist Party.
Erdogan said over the weekend that Chirac called him and said he was
sorry and also promised to "do everything he could in the following
process," referring to the readings through which the bill must pass
before becoming legislation. Chirac, during a visit to the Armenian
capital of Yerevan last month, said Turkey must recognize the alleged
Armenian genocide, before it can join the European Union. An official
from the French Foreign Ministry, referring to a telephone conversation
between Chirac and Erdogan, reportedly said Jacques Chirac did not
make a pledge that he would intervene or ensure that the bill was
annulled, Turkish Daily News reports.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
