French Constitutional Council to make decision on Armenian genocide law before March 1

The French Constitutional Council will make a decision on repeal of the law criminalizing the denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide" before March 1, Trend cites Anadolu news agency as saying on Friday.

Votes of seven members of the Council are required for making any decision. According to the news agency it is expected that many members of the Constitutional Council will vote for repeal of the law.

On January 31, French Senators collected required number of signatures to submit to the Constitutional Council to demand a repeal of the law criminalizing the denial of the so-called Armenian genocide.

Previously on January 23, after an eight-hour debate, the French senate adopted the bill. Some 127 senators voted in favour, while 86 voted against.