Nicolas Sarkozy suspends law on Armenian genocide denial

WikiLeaks cables have revealed that French president Nicolas Sarkozy promised Turkey that his country's Senate will suspend the law on Armenian genocide denial, French-Armenian journalist Jean Eckian reported from Paris, adding that the news had come as a surprise to the Armenian community in France.

In a letter addressed to CCAF President Alexis Govciyan approximately a month before, Sarkozy reportedly said. "I fully share your view that France opposes the denial policy. We must condemn not only such policy but also propaganda."

CCAF published an official statement voicing the Armenian community's protest and requiring that the law criminalizing the denial of genocide (passed by the French National Assembly on October 12, 2006) be submitted to the Senate in a due manner, Eckian said.