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FRENCH-ARMENIANS TO PROTEST HOLLANDE'S TURKEY VISIT
13:48 ~U 17.01.14
The Armenians of France are holding next Saturday protest
demonstrations to express their anger at President Francois Hollande's
state visit to Turkey later this year.
Speaking to Tert.am, a member of the French-Armenian Associations'
Council, Vazgen Eskijian, unveiled the plan of protests, saying
that their campaign is directed against Turkey's denialism of the
Armenian Genocide.
"Truly, the good-for-nothing president of France is carrying out
a state visit to Turkey together with high-ranking ministers and
businessmen to sign cooperation agreements in different fields and
spheres," he told our correspondent.
The activist, who heads the Ramgavar Democratic Liberal Party's French
regional council, said no leader of France has been on a state visit
to Turkey in the past 20 years.
The protests will be held in the French capital, Paris, and the cities
of Lyon and Marseilles.
"We'll protest in front of those cities' municipalities against
this state of Turkey which is the successor of the Ottoman Empire,"
Eskijyan added.
Ahead of the Armenian Genocide centennial, the French-Armenians are
planning different events, the activist said, adding that they will
start from February 3 and last until November 2015.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/01/17/vazgen-esqijyan/
13:48 ~U 17.01.14
The Armenians of France are holding next Saturday protest
demonstrations to express their anger at President Francois Hollande's
state visit to Turkey later this year.
Speaking to Tert.am, a member of the French-Armenian Associations'
Council, Vazgen Eskijian, unveiled the plan of protests, saying
that their campaign is directed against Turkey's denialism of the
Armenian Genocide.
"Truly, the good-for-nothing president of France is carrying out
a state visit to Turkey together with high-ranking ministers and
businessmen to sign cooperation agreements in different fields and
spheres," he told our correspondent.
The activist, who heads the Ramgavar Democratic Liberal Party's French
regional council, said no leader of France has been on a state visit
to Turkey in the past 20 years.
The protests will be held in the French capital, Paris, and the cities
of Lyon and Marseilles.
"We'll protest in front of those cities' municipalities against
this state of Turkey which is the successor of the Ottoman Empire,"
Eskijyan added.
Ahead of the Armenian Genocide centennial, the French-Armenians are
planning different events, the activist said, adding that they will
start from February 3 and last until November 2015.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/01/17/vazgen-esqijyan/