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NICOLAS SARKOZY SAYS "TSEGHASPANUTYUN"
ARMENPRESS
OCTOBER 7, 2011
YEREVAN
France has recognized the genocide of a whole nation calling it what
it really is, President of France Nicolas Sarkozy stated today at
the opening of statue by Auguste Rodin in the France Square in Yerevan.
The French President pronounced the Armenian equivalent of the term
- tseghaspanutyun.
"Turkey too must come to terms with the history, realizing the
gravity of the crime it has committed against the collective memory of
Armenians. There is no deep wound that cannot be treated, there is no
deep hole that cannot be filled. France has chosen this way together
with Germany after 1945 when the invasion and war memory were still
painful. Armenians, Azerbaijanis and Turks must also pass this way",
Sarkozy said, adding that like the RA president and the Armenian
people have the will. Sarkozy said it is the message of peace that
he will take to Baku to Aliyev and Turkish leaders.
"The terrible tragedies of the past century united our two peoples
in inviolable friendship. Immediately after the first genocide of the
contemporary history tens of thousands of Armenians sought for asylum
in France finding there their second homeland, but continuing keeping
Armenia in their hearts", President of France said, adding that he
is proud of the Armenian people who enriched the country with their
talent and work.
"Besides France, no other country understands better what means
Nagorno Karabakh for Armenia", Sarkozy said. He said France, the USA
and Russia are ready to double efforts for finding peaceful, frank,
stable settlement of the conflict.
The president concluded his speech by saying "Viva Armenia, Viva
France" in Armenian.
ARMENPRESS
OCTOBER 7, 2011
YEREVAN
France has recognized the genocide of a whole nation calling it what
it really is, President of France Nicolas Sarkozy stated today at
the opening of statue by Auguste Rodin in the France Square in Yerevan.
The French President pronounced the Armenian equivalent of the term
- tseghaspanutyun.
"Turkey too must come to terms with the history, realizing the
gravity of the crime it has committed against the collective memory of
Armenians. There is no deep wound that cannot be treated, there is no
deep hole that cannot be filled. France has chosen this way together
with Germany after 1945 when the invasion and war memory were still
painful. Armenians, Azerbaijanis and Turks must also pass this way",
Sarkozy said, adding that like the RA president and the Armenian
people have the will. Sarkozy said it is the message of peace that
he will take to Baku to Aliyev and Turkish leaders.
"The terrible tragedies of the past century united our two peoples
in inviolable friendship. Immediately after the first genocide of the
contemporary history tens of thousands of Armenians sought for asylum
in France finding there their second homeland, but continuing keeping
Armenia in their hearts", President of France said, adding that he
is proud of the Armenian people who enriched the country with their
talent and work.
"Besides France, no other country understands better what means
Nagorno Karabakh for Armenia", Sarkozy said. He said France, the USA
and Russia are ready to double efforts for finding peaceful, frank,
stable settlement of the conflict.
The president concluded his speech by saying "Viva Armenia, Viva
France" in Armenian.