Switzerland will not open criminal case against Turkish minister

Switzerland has announced that it will not open a criminal case against Turkish Minister for European Union Affairs Egemen Bagis, who rejected the Armenian Genocide in Zurich, Trend reports.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry expressed a protest against a criminal case on Bagis for his statement. The Turkish minister made the statement when the French Senate passed the bill on criminalization of denial of the Armenian Genocide. A similar law is in force in Switzerland.