SEGOLENE ROYAL: IN CASE OF BEING ELECTED AS PRESIDENT I PROMISE TO RATIFY BILL DETERMINING CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR DENIAL OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 04 2007
YEREVAN, APRIL 4, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. "Turkey can join
the European Union if it recognizes the Armenian Genocide." Segolene
Royal, candidate for presidency of French Socialist Party, stated
this in his interview to an Armenian magazine.
According to the Sabah Turkish daily, Royal who according to
sociological surveys, is considered as one of the most probable
candidates for holding the post of the President, declared that Turkey
should register progress in the issue of recognizing its crimes
committed in the past. "I promise in case of winning the elections
to ratify the law determining a criminal liability for denying the
Armenian Genocide," Royal declared promising to give force of law to
the bill adopted by the country’s parliament on October 12, 2006.