DESECRATORS OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MEMORIAL WILL BE PUNISHED

Yerevan, April 20. ArmInfo. Minister for Internal Affairs of France
Nicolas Sarcosy considers unbearable the desecration of the memorial
of the Armenian Genocide victims. As it was previously reported,
on April 17 the memorial of the Genocide, erected in Lyon, was
desecrated. The memorial was to be officially opened on April 24,
the 91-th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in eth Ottoman Turkey.

‘France Presse’ agency reports that Mr. Sarcosy called the writings
on the memorial denying the fact of the Genocide unacceptable and
promised the desecrators to be punished. In the person of Jules
Martirosian, Minister for Protection of Monuments, Nicolas Sarcosy
expressed solidarity to the Armenian community of France. He reminded
that France has recognized the Genocide of 1915.

It should be noted that unknown barbarians wrote the following:
‘There was no genocide’, ‘One must be happy of being Turk’. On March
18 the Turkish community protested against erecting the memorial.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress