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FRANCOIS HOLLANDE TO JOIN FRENCH ARMENIANS FOR DINNER
Monday, January 26th, 2015 |
French President Francois Hollande speaks during a press conference
in Yerevan in May 2014.
PARIS--On Jan. 28, French President Francois Hollande will participate
in an annual dinner hosted by the Coordination Council of Armenian
Organizations of France, the President's press office reports.
President Hollande will lead the annual dinner in Paris, during which
the French Armenian community's events program for the Armenian
Genocide's centenary year will be launched. The Chairman of the
Coordination Council, and newly-elected Bureau member of the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation (ARF), Mourad Papazian, told Armenpress
news agency that the dinner will be attended by France's political
elite - ministers, members of parliament, local officials, and the
President's advisors and office staff. Notable French intellectuals,
journalists and lawyers will also be in attendance.
"Today we know that the event will be attended by the Minister of
Interior Affairs Bernard Cazeneuve and the French Secretary of State
for European Affairs Harlem Desir," Papazian said. "Certainly, issues
related to the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, the recognition of
the Genocide by Turkey, the French Armenian community, Armenia-France
relations, as well as the visit of the President of France Francois
Hollande on April 24, 2015, will be discussed."
"This is a sign of serious support. It will mean that France is with
the Armenian people, the Armenian Cause, and Armenia," said Papazian.
http://asbarez.com/131140/francois-hollande-to-join-french-armenians-for-dinner/
Monday, January 26th, 2015 |
French President Francois Hollande speaks during a press conference
in Yerevan in May 2014.
PARIS--On Jan. 28, French President Francois Hollande will participate
in an annual dinner hosted by the Coordination Council of Armenian
Organizations of France, the President's press office reports.
President Hollande will lead the annual dinner in Paris, during which
the French Armenian community's events program for the Armenian
Genocide's centenary year will be launched. The Chairman of the
Coordination Council, and newly-elected Bureau member of the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation (ARF), Mourad Papazian, told Armenpress
news agency that the dinner will be attended by France's political
elite - ministers, members of parliament, local officials, and the
President's advisors and office staff. Notable French intellectuals,
journalists and lawyers will also be in attendance.
"Today we know that the event will be attended by the Minister of
Interior Affairs Bernard Cazeneuve and the French Secretary of State
for European Affairs Harlem Desir," Papazian said. "Certainly, issues
related to the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, the recognition of
the Genocide by Turkey, the French Armenian community, Armenia-France
relations, as well as the visit of the President of France Francois
Hollande on April 24, 2015, will be discussed."
"This is a sign of serious support. It will mean that France is with
the Armenian people, the Armenian Cause, and Armenia," said Papazian.
http://asbarez.com/131140/francois-hollande-to-join-french-armenians-for-dinner/