The French parliament has adopted a bill making it a crime to deny that Armenians suffered “genocide” at the hands of the Turks, infuriating Turkey.
The bill, which would make genocide denial punishable by a year in jail and a 45,000-euro ($56,400) fine, will now be passed to the Senate and president.
Turkey has threatened to retaliate with economic sanctions against France.
Armenia says Ottoman Turks killed 1.5 million people systematically in 1915 - a claim strongly denied by Turkey.
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