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Tuesday, October 17 2006 @ 05:02 AM Central Daylight Time
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Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, speaking about last week's approval in France of the bill calling for jail time and monetary fines for people denying the so-called Armenian genocide, has called the French Parliament's decision "stupid."
Finland is currently the term president of the EU. Tuomioja's comments were published on a Finnish web site; the Finnish FM also noted in his comments that the French decision would serve to inflame nationalistic circles within Turkey. Said Toumioja "My calling this French decision 'stupid,' and my hope that the bill is immediately withdrawn has nothing to do with actually happened to the Armenians in Turkey. Personally, I do think that 'genocide' is the correct term to describe what happened to Armenians in the past, and I wish that Turkey would be ready to accept this." |
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