MONUMENT TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS INAUGURATED IN TOURS, FRANCE
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.10.2007 19:19 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ October 21, Armenian Ambassador to France Edward
Nalbandian and Mayor of Tours Jean Germain unveiled a monument to
Armenian Genocide victims in the central square of Tours.
French MPs, former French minister of culture, leaders of Armenian
Unions and representatives of local self-government attended the
solemn ceremony.
"Setting up such monuments, French nation confirms its adherence to
humanism and its solidarity with Armenian people. It's symbolic that
the monument was inaugurated in Tours, the heart of France, which
was the first city to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide,"
Ambassador Nalbandian said.
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.10.2007 19:19 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ October 21, Armenian Ambassador to France Edward
Nalbandian and Mayor of Tours Jean Germain unveiled a monument to
Armenian Genocide victims in the central square of Tours.
French MPs, former French minister of culture, leaders of Armenian
Unions and representatives of local self-government attended the
solemn ceremony.
"Setting up such monuments, French nation confirms its adherence to
humanism and its solidarity with Armenian people. It's symbolic that
the monument was inaugurated in Tours, the heart of France, which
was the first city to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide,"
Ambassador Nalbandian said.
