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A Swiss prosecutor has launched a probe into Turkish EU Minister Egemen Bağış (pictured) for saying “the Armenian genocide doesn’t exist,” Hürriyet reported.
“There is no Armenian Genocide. Let them arrest me,” Bağış said last week, following a question from a French reporter on the 1915 killings.
Zurich public prosecutor Christine Braunschweig confirmed the probe and told Doğan news agency that they were looking into whether or not Bağış had said the words.
“We will look into Minister Egemen Bağış’ immunity,” Braunschweig further said. “If there is anything illegal and if he does not have the diplomatic immunity, then we will file the lawsuit.”
Bağış has refused to speak on the matter until the initial probe ends, the Hürriyet reported.
Updated 6:26 pm: Original story reported that the Swiss prosecutor had already filed the lawsuit.