PARIS, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The discussion of the bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide planned for the May 18 session of French National Assembly was postponed due to lack of quorum. According to Noyan Tapan's reliable sources, the Armenian bill will not be included in the agenda of French National Assembly until October 2006. Speaking at the parliament Philippe Douste-Blazy, French Foreign Minister, declared that the issue of the Armenian Genocide "should be left to the historians" and Turkey should itself establish peace with its own history. To recap, the author of the bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide is the opposition Socialist Party at the French parliament. According to the bill, minimum imprisonment of 1 year and a fine amounting to 57 thousand USD is set for those denying the fact of the Armenian Genocide.

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