Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan.20 / Trend, E. Mehdiyev /
Senators opposing the adoption of a bill criminalising denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide" by the Upper House of French Parliament will be sufficient, deputy speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament Bahar Muradova told journalists on Friday.
She believes, there is a great chance that this bill will not be adopted at the Senate's forthcoming meeting scheduled for Jan.23.
Muradova said the Azerbaijani side both officially and through the public expressed its attitude towards this issue.
"Our position remains unchanged. We are by the Turkish nation's side. We are together with Turkey. The struggle waged by the Azerbaijani public will yield positive results. I would like to believe that people who think the same way are more and the French Senate will say no to this bill.
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.