KHACHKAR IN COMMEMORATION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS UNVEILED IN TOULON
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.06.2006 17:16 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Ambassador to France Edward Nalbandian
and Mayor Hubert Falco unveiled a monument-khachkar inaugurated in
the French town of Toulon in memory of the Armenian Genocide victims,
reported the RA MFA press office. Prefects, parliamentarians, members
of the local self-government, heads of the Armenian organization of
France and hundreds of members of the Armenian community attended
the solemn ceremony. When delivering a speech Edward Nalbandian
remarked that during the recent several years numerous monuments,
which symbolize the condemnation of the crime by the French people,
were erected in various French cities in commemoration of the Genocide
victims. “Some 40 ancient khachkars (cross stones) will be represented
in Louvre at an exhibition titled “Armenia Sacra” within the framework
of the Year of Armenia in France,” Edward Nalbandian said.