ARF DEMANDS TO END ANY ANTI-ARMENIAN EXPRESSIONS

PanARMENIAN.Net
22.03.2006 00:42 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) has urged
French authorities to display special vigilance towards cases of denial
of the Armenian Genocide. The ARF Western Europe Central Committee
has condemned the Turkish demonstration held in Lyon on March 18. The
ARF condemns the decision by the Rhone region governor to sanction
this hate and denial demonstration, though he was informed upfront
about the real goal of the demonstration and that Turkish government
had secretly contributed to this demonstration through the Turkish
Embassy in Paris and Turkish Consulate in Lyon. He was also aware of
the contribution the Grey Wolves, a fascist organization.

The ARF notes that using the Grey Wolves threatens France and the
French people. The Turkish government on the highest level has
decided to organize the Turkish communities in Europe. The March 18
demonstrations in Lyon and Berlin were the first expressions of the
Turkish government’s involvement.

The Lyon demonstration had clear characteristics of Genocide denial,
something unacceptable to a country like France. France has to
immediately undertake adequate steps to end the development of that
damaging movement. The ARF demands that an investigation be launched to
find the organizers of the demonstration and to unveil the involvement
of the Turkish government in the demonstration, as well as to put an
end to any anti-Armenian expression in France.