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French senator Natali Goulet: â€œAdoption of this bill will have heavy consequences for the French diplomacyâ€

23 January 2012 18:40 (UTC +04:00)

â€œIt is clear that adoption of this bill is just a game for the elections. Why donâ€™t we leave history for historians? Should we adopt all the â€œgenocidesâ€ in the world? In this way other peoples also will demand on adoption of similar bills. Armenians are talking about genocide, but for the objective studies of this issue they hide archives and do not want to make public. Besides, Adoption of this bill will have heavy consequences for the French diplomacy. Today Armenia next to authoritarian and totalitarian regimes of Iran and Russia has territorial claims against Azerbaijan, devoted ally of Europe. Armenia occupied territories of this country and massacred hundreds of people in Khojaly region of Azerbaijan. Recently, Nicola Sarkozy paid visits to the South Caucasus states. For some reason French president didnâ€™t give the same attention to these states. He stayed a day in Armenia laid a wrath on the monument for the â€œvictims of Armenian genocide, but stayed for 2-3 hours in Azerbaijan and didnâ€™t visited Martyrâ€™s Avenue. Such an attention is not earning prestige for the French diplomacyâ€.