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PRESS RELEASE

04-04-2006

Memorial to Victims of Armenian Genocide Unveiled in France

On April 2, Edward Nalbandian, Armenia’s Ambassador to the French Republic,
and August Trupheme, President of the General Council of the Departement of
Hautes-Alpes, unveiled a sculpted stone cross khachkar dedicated to the
victims of the Armenian Genocide, in the central square of the city of Gap,
France.

In his speech, Ambassador Nalbandian stressed the need to always remember
and condemn the crime against humankind. “Man without memory has no future.
A people without memory have no history. Humankind without memory will lose
its human face,” said the Ambassador.

A reception followed the event at the City Hall during which honorary
citizenship was granted to Armenia’s Ambassador.

Deputies, senators, local authorities, political figures, as well as
hundreds of representatives of the Armenian Community from nearby regions
attended the ceremony.

Some fifty memorials dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide are
placed throughout France which, along with the law on Genocide recognition,
stand not only for recognition and condemnation of the Genocide by the
French people, but also peace and harmony between the two nations.