POLITICS
Azerbaijanis in Italy protest against French Parliament`s bill
Baku, December 29 (AZERTAC). Azerbaijanis living in Italy condemns a bill of French National Assembly on criminalizing denial of so-called “armenian genocide”, State Committee on Work with Diaspora said.
The message of Azerbaijan-Italian Cultural Assembly to the National Assembly and the Senate of France says the bill roughly violating a freedom of speech is inadmissible for France, which has centuries-old traditions of democracy.
The message says the historical events must be investigated by historians and the bill adopted by France without any evidence and casting a shadow on Turkish nation is a decision approved on the political basis.
The Azerbaijanis in Italy call on the French parliament to discuss Khojaly Genocide committed by Armenians against peaceful people of Azerbaijan. This bill will negatively influence on French-Turkish and French-Azerbaijani relations, the message reads.