Turkish prime minister thanks French senators who oppose genocide bill

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan commented on the French Constitutional Council’s acceptance of the appeal submitted by the French senators who oppose the bill criminalizing the denial of genocides, including the Armenian Genocide, News.am reports. 

The top Turkish official expressed deep gratitude, on his behalf and on behalf of the people of Turkey, to those French senators who signed this appeal so that the bill could be forwarded to the Constitutional Council. “This was fitting for French politicians. I believe they did everything necessary,” Erdogan said, Turkey's Haberler news agency informs. 

On Tuesday the French Constitutional Council accepted the aforesaid appeal, which was signed by 72 French senators.