ArmInfo. France will start legal proceedings against individuals questioning allegations of Armenian genocide during the Ottoman Empire. French President Emmanuel Macron stated this at an annual dinner organized by the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF).
According to Macron, France will always support the representatives of the Armenian Diaspora and Armenia.
"The CCAF called for prosecution of those who deny the Armenian Genocide. Legal procedures are being conducted in this regard," he added.
Speaking about the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide, Macron stated that France has been involved in this process for 19 years.
" The struggle that the Armenians are carrying out for the recognition of the genocide is also a struggle against silence and forgetting. As for the issue of truth-seeking, there is a brotherhood between the Armenian and French peoples. Turkey has based its policy on revisionism. No great history is formed on lies, denial and revisionism," Macron said.
Turkish historian Taner Akcam who recognized the Armenian Genocide, also took part in the event as a guest of honor It is also noteworthy that yesterday in Paris, a presentation of the French version of the book of Akcam's "Killing Orders" was held.
It should be noted that a law has already been passed in France criminalizing the fact of the denial of the Armenian Genocide. The law was adopted during the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy, but was subsequently repealed by the Constitutional Court in view of the fact that it was recognized as unconstitutional.