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FRENCH AMBASSADOR: THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS ALSO A FRENCH GENOCIDE
arminfo
Tuesday, April 24, 13:47
Ambassador of France to Armenia Henri Reynaud visited the
Tsitsernakaberd Memorial on Tuesday to commemorate the victims of
the Armenian Genocide.
He said that Armenia and France enjoy close relations and it was
exactly the reason why France recognized the Armenian Genocide in
2001. "We have a 500,000-strong Armenian community formed as a result
of the Armenian Genocide in 1915-1923. And that's exactly why the
Armenian Genocide is also a French Genocide," Reynaud said.
The Armenian Genocide is commemorated each year Apr 24. On that day in
1915 the Young Turk regime arrested and killed over 300 outstanding
Armenian intellectuals thereby giving start to a massacre of over
1,500,000 Armenians living in the territory of the Ottoman Empire.
The Armenian Genocide has been recognized by over 20 countries and
international organizations, including France, Russia, Poland, Italy,
Canada, Sweden, Greece, Switzerland, Vatican, the Council of Europe,
the European Parliament, as well as by 43 of 50 American states.
arminfo
Tuesday, April 24, 13:47
Ambassador of France to Armenia Henri Reynaud visited the
Tsitsernakaberd Memorial on Tuesday to commemorate the victims of
the Armenian Genocide.
He said that Armenia and France enjoy close relations and it was
exactly the reason why France recognized the Armenian Genocide in
2001. "We have a 500,000-strong Armenian community formed as a result
of the Armenian Genocide in 1915-1923. And that's exactly why the
Armenian Genocide is also a French Genocide," Reynaud said.
The Armenian Genocide is commemorated each year Apr 24. On that day in
1915 the Young Turk regime arrested and killed over 300 outstanding
Armenian intellectuals thereby giving start to a massacre of over
1,500,000 Armenians living in the territory of the Ottoman Empire.
The Armenian Genocide has been recognized by over 20 countries and
international organizations, including France, Russia, Poland, Italy,
Canada, Sweden, Greece, Switzerland, Vatican, the Council of Europe,
the European Parliament, as well as by 43 of 50 American states.