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    MONUMENT TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS OPENS IN FRENCH CITY OF GAP

    Noyan Tapan
    Armenians Today
    Apr 04 2006

    PARIS, APRIL 4, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Edvard Nalbandian,
    the Ambassador of Armenia to France, and the President of the Council
    General of the state of Alpes opened an Armenian tufa-built khachkar
    (cross stone) dedicated to the memory of the Armenian Genocide
    victims, on the central square of the city of Gap on April 2. In his
    speech Ambassador Nalbandian emphasized the necessity of constantly
    remembering and condemning the crime conducted against the mankind. "A
    man lost his memory has no future. A people lost its memory has
    no history. And the mankind without memory will lose its mankind
    face," the Ambassador of Armenia mentioned. The event was followed
    by a solemn reception at the Mayor's Office, during which memory
    medal of the honorary citizen of the city of Gap was given to the
    Ambassador of Armenia. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA Foreign
    Ministry's Press and Information Department, deputies, senators,
    heads of local self-government bodies, statesmen and politicians,
    hundreds of representatives of the Armenian community arrived from
    neighboring regions were present at the ceremony. There are about 5
    dozens of monuments dedicated to the memory of the Armenian Genocide
    victims in the territory of France which, together with adoption of
    the law concerning recognition of the Genocide, are accepted both as
    recognition and condemnation of the Genocide by the people of France
    and as display of solidarity towards the Armenian people.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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