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    ABOUT 160 EVENTS ORGANIZED IN FRANCE TO COMMEMORATE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS

    Yerkir
    26.04.2006 12:12

    YEREVAN (YERKIR) - Events marking the 91st anniversary of the Armenian
    Genocide began in Paris April 23. On that day a requiem mass was
    served at Notre Dame de Paris.

    The same evening at 6:00 p.m. part of Champs-Elysees Avenue was
    partially blocked. Hundreds of French Armenians with flags and
    flowers walked to the Trumphal Arch in silence. There Armenian
    Ambassador to France and Jacques Chirac's special representative,
    military commandant of Elysee Palace laid a wreath to the grave of
    the Unknown Soldier next to the eternal fire.

    April 24 bells of some 40 Armenian churches tolled in different
    French cities, marking the beginning of mourning liturgies in the
    memory of victims of the Armenian Genocide. Requiem mass was held in
    St. Hovhannes Armenian Cathedral. Wreaths were laid to the monument
    to Komitas. Rally participants then walked to the Turkish embassy
    in silence.

    April 24 Armenian NA Speaker Artur Baghdassaryan and Ambassador to
    France Eduard Nalbandyan participated in the ceremony of opening an
    Armenian Genocide Memorial. State and political figures, thousands
    of Armenians were present at the ceremony.

    The same day the Armenian Ambassador and Lyon Mayor, MP Jacques Colomb
    partook in the opening of an Armenian Genocide monument in the city
    central square. Addressing those gathered Nalbandyan remarked some
    50 Genocide monuments in France evidence not only recognition, but
    also solidarity with Armenians.

    April 23-24 some 160 events commemorating the victims of the Armenian
    Genocide were held in 60 French towns: Grenoble, Toulon, Valence,
    Montpellier, Cannes and others. The topic of the Armenian Genocide
    was widely covered by French media and TV. Various French TV channels
    showed films on the Armenian Genocide.
    From: Baghdasarian
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