Turkey will take tough measures

The law criminalizing the denial of the "Armenian genocide" adopted by the French Senate will move the relations between France and Turkey in a different direction and Turkey will take tough measures against France, Turkish President Abdullah Gul was quoted by TRT Haber TV channel as saying today.

"Turkey condemns this law, which will cause a severe blow to the relations between the two countries with regret," he said.

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

The Lower House of the French Parliament adopted a bill criminalising the denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide" on Dec.22. Some 45 out of 577 French MPs voted with 38 voting for and seven against the adoption of the bill.


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