Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan.24 / Trend /
Adoption of a law criminalizing denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide" by the French Senate is "irresponsible act", Turkish Foreign Ministry said in its statement, TRT Haber TV channel reported.
"We strongly condemn this decision, which is doubtful in all respects and is an example of irresponsibility", the Ministry's communiqué says.
"Turkey will take all necessary measures to fight the French Senate's decision," the diplomats stated adding that the country's Foreign Ministry will "declare its attitude to the bill from all possible tribunes".
After a nearly eight-hour debate, Frech Senate - Upper House of parliament adopted the bill. Some 127 senators voted in favor of the bill, while 86 senators were against.
The Lower House of the French Parliament adopted a bill criminalising the denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide". Some 45 out of 577 French MPs voted with 38 voting for and seven against the adoption of the bill.
The bill demands about a year's imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros for denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide". In response to this decision Turkey announced that it has frozen all diplomatic relations with France.
MPs from the French President's Union for Popular Movement (UMP) party which has the parliamentary majority, proposed the bill which aims at criminalising denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide" to the legislative committee of the National Assembly in early December.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of the Turkey - Ottoman Empire had committed the 1915 genocide against the Armenians living in Anadolu, and achieved recognition of the "Armenian Genocide" by the parliaments of several countries.