Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has labeled the French Senate vote to criminalize the denial of the 1915 Genocide as “racist and discriminatory.”

Erdogan urged the 86 French Senators who voted against the bill to appeal the decision at the country’s highest court. The court has the power to block the bill if it considers it unconstitutional.

The Turkish Prime Minister added that if the law is ratified then Turkey will adopt further sanctions against France.

Ankara has already cancelled all economic, political and military meetings between the two countries, according to euronews.