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    ARMENIA'S "GENOCIDE" MYTH BEING DISPELLED IN FRANCE

    AzerNews, Azerbaijan
    July 10 2014

    10 July 2014, 16:21 (GMT+05:00)
    By Jamila Babayeva

    Armenia's myth of the so-called "Armenian genocide" is being dispelled
    in France, which is home to a strong Armenian lobby.

    A memorial for the alleged genocide, unveiled in 2005 in the French
    city of Villeurbanne was desecrated on July 3, the Coordinating
    Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF) reported.

    "Some letters of an inscription on the memorial, which read "Recognize
    the Armenian Genocide of 1915," are now missing," the CCAF's statement
    reads.

    Armenians have worked hard for a long time to get recognition for the
    alleged genocide. They are going to celebrate the 100th anniversary
    of the myth in 2015.

    Armenia commemorates the alleged genocide on April 24 each year.

    Armenia and the Armenian lobbies claim that Turkey's government
    predecessor, the Ottoman Empire, committed genocide against Armenians
    in 1915, an allegation dismissed by Ankara. Turkey supports the
    creation of a joint historical commission to investigate the events
    of 1915, but Armenia is unwilling to disclose its archives as it
    fears revealing what the archives may hold.

    CCAF noted, this incident proved the need to adopt a new law
    criminalizing the denial of "Armenian genocide", as pledged by the
    former and current authorities of France.

    France became one of the first countries which recognized the so-called
    "Armenian genocide" under influence of the Armenian lobby.

    The French Senate passed a bill in 2011 that criminalized denial of
    acknowledged genocides including both the Holocaust and "Armenian
    genocide". The bill was first passed by the parliament in 2012,
    but was considered unconstitutional on 28 February 2012.

    The Armenian lobby is losing its strong position in France. The CCAF
    says the Armenian community of France is facing continuing direct
    aggression. This is the second time in the last two months that the
    memorials dedicated to Armenia's myth come under attack. Earlier,
    a memorial in Marseille which is dedicated to a French-Armenian
    activist Missak Manouchian and his resistant group was profaned and
    tagged with swastika.

    Myths will falter sooner or later. Unlike some French MPs who are
    under influence of the Armenian lobby, the local community in France is
    fed up with baseless propaganda on the mythical genocide. The growing
    aggression against the Armenian community in France can be considered
    as a strong blow to the Armenian lobby's propagandistic activities.

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