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Not Only Armenians but Also Native Europeans Are against Turks in
Europe

22.03.2006 22:42 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ It’s hard to stop anti-Armenian rallies and speeches
in France. The Hay Dat European Office will counteract them by all
means from propaganda up to purposeful policy, ARF Bureau’s Hay Dat
and Political Office Director Kiro Manoian told PanARMENIAN.Net
reporter. In his words, the Armenian community of France counting
350-400 thousand people is very solid. `Armenians wield influence on
the French authorities while Turks numbering 850 thousand are badly
organized and have no political weight,’ he noted.

Kiro Manoian also added that the Turkish community is mostly
province-born and has no precise notion of the country they live
in. `The Turkish community is relatively new and doesn’t enjoy respect
in France. The fact that Armenians were supported by the French and
Arabs is important. Turks should understand that not only Armenians
but also natives of France, Germany and other states speak out against
them in Europe,’ he underscored.

It should be also noted that ARFD Bureau member Vahan Hovhannisian
addressed the Armenian National Assembly in view of the French-Turkish
events in Lyons. `I do believe that all of you will welcome those
several dozens of young people, who were not frightened by several
hundreds of savages, who cannot do without bludgeons even in France. I
would like to address a particular welcome to the French and Arabs who
supported our compatriots and I think it will always be so,’ he said.