Milli Majlis to wait for French Constitutional Court’s ruling on criminalizing denial of so called Armenian Genocide
At today’s opening meeting of the spring session the Azerbaijani MPs have discussed the adoption of the law by the French Senate criminalizing the denial of the "genocide" of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915-17.
MP Siyavush Novruzov suggested the ruling party and the opposition to come forward with a consolidated position as solution of this matter is a problem of everyone.
Parliament speaker Ogtay Asadov stressed that the government and Milli Majlis had made every effort to prevent the decision of the French Senate.
"Now we have to await the decision of the Constitutional Court of France in respect of the law to plan our next steps," the speaker said.
MP Ganira Pashayeva proposed Milli Majlis to address to the Turkish counterparts to recognize the destroying the residents of Khojaly by Armenians as genocide as Azerbaijanis by Armenians.
"If, however, France will pass a law criminalizing the denial of genocide, one should reconsider the question of France’s participation in the OSCE Minsk Group on Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno Garabagh confict," she said.
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