Turkish premier says Turkey, Azerbaijan should keep solidarity

BAKU (A.A) - February 8, 2012 - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey and Azerbaijan should continue their solidarity. In an interview with Azerbaijan's national television channel ANS, Erdogan said regarding a law adopted at French Senate which penalizes the denial of Armenian allegations regarding 1915 incidents during Ottoman Empire period that Azerbaijani Turks' assistance was of great importance in this period. "Our Azerbaijani brothers and sisters did their best and extended a great support both in France and Azerbaijan," he said. Erdogan said that Turkey would conduct different works regarding the matter in the coming period. Solidarity and assistance between Turkey and Azerbaijan should continue, he said. French Senate adopted a law which penalizes the denial of Armenian allegations regarding 1915 incidents during Ottoman Empire period. Under the law, people, who deny the Armenian allegations, are sentenced to one year in prison and 45,000 euro fine. On Tuesday, 77 senators and 65 parliamentarians in France applied to French Constitutional Council for the annulment of the law. The Council will announce its decision within a month.