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PARIS MAYOR RECEIVES FRENCH-ARMENIANS ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ANNIVERSARY
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April 24, 2012 | 19:14
PARIS. - Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë received on Tuesday
French-Armenians and the Armenia's Ambassador to France Vigen
Chitechian, Nouvelles d`Armenie reports.
"We are responsible for remembering that period of history. 97
years later, it is necessary to speak about the facts and validate
the historic truth," the Mayor stated calling the Genocide was a
barbarism for humanity.
According to Ara Toranian and Mourad Papazian, the two heads of the
Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF), the
French presidential candidates Nikolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande
will attend Komitas monument in the Canada Square to commemorate the
97th anniversary of the Genocide.
The world commemorates on April 24 the 97th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide, the first genocide of the 20th century.
Commemoration actions are held in all states, people remember this
monstrous crime against humanity as over one and a half million
innocent Armenians were massacred in the Ottoman Empire, while hundreds
of thousands were tortured and deported.
The fact of the Armenian Genocide is recognized by many states. It
was first recognized in 1965 by Uruguay. In general, the Armenian
Genocide in Ottoman Turkey has already been recognized by Russia,
France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania,
Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada,
Venezuela, Argentina, and 43 U.S. states.
news.am
April 24, 2012 | 19:14
PARIS. - Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë received on Tuesday
French-Armenians and the Armenia's Ambassador to France Vigen
Chitechian, Nouvelles d`Armenie reports.
"We are responsible for remembering that period of history. 97
years later, it is necessary to speak about the facts and validate
the historic truth," the Mayor stated calling the Genocide was a
barbarism for humanity.
According to Ara Toranian and Mourad Papazian, the two heads of the
Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF), the
French presidential candidates Nikolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande
will attend Komitas monument in the Canada Square to commemorate the
97th anniversary of the Genocide.
The world commemorates on April 24 the 97th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide, the first genocide of the 20th century.
Commemoration actions are held in all states, people remember this
monstrous crime against humanity as over one and a half million
innocent Armenians were massacred in the Ottoman Empire, while hundreds
of thousands were tortured and deported.
The fact of the Armenian Genocide is recognized by many states. It
was first recognized in 1965 by Uruguay. In general, the Armenian
Genocide in Ottoman Turkey has already been recognized by Russia,
France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania,
Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada,
Venezuela, Argentina, and 43 U.S. states.