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FM: Azerbaijan strongly condemns law on "Armenian genocide" adopted by France (UPDATE)

Politics Materials 24 January 2012 14:17 (UTC +04:00)
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FM: Azerbaijan strongly condemns law on "Armenian genocide" adopted by France (UPDATE)

The details were added (the first version was posted at 14:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 24 / Trend S. Agayeva /

Azerbaijan strongly condemns the law on "Armenian genocide" adopted by France, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.

"The Azerbaijani Republic deeply regrets about the law on criminalising the denial of "Armenian genocide" adopted by the French Senate," the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.

"Azerbaijan strongly condemns this decision. The French Senate's unilateral steps, contrary to the principles of democracy, human rights, freedom of speech and expression, can cause serious damage to the participation of this country in some regional processes and lead to unpleasant consequences."

The French Senate - Upper House of parliament adopted the bill. Some 127 senators voted in favour, while 86 were against on Jan.23, TRT Haber TV channel reported.

The law demands about a year's imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros for denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide".

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