CHARLES AZNAVOUR PARTICIPATES IN GATHERING AGAINST DENIAL OF GENOCIDE

PARIS, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. A big gathering took
place in Paris two days ago on the initiative of the Armenian
Associations Coordination Council of France. Politicians and
intellectuals, about 2 thousand people, speaking for defining criminal
responsibility for the denial took part in the gathering.

According to the information of the Euro-Armenian Federation, those
making speches spoke for the united struggle against denial and
solidarity with ones suffered from the genocide. They emphasized
especially the similarity of the Armenians’ and Jews’ genocides as
well as the generality of their denial.

Serge Klarsfeld, representing the Jewish community of France assured
that the community representatives will support Armenians in the
claims addressed for the Senate for defining criminal punishment for
denial of the Armenian Genocide.

Famous lawyer Me Charrire-Bournazel stated that "the denial is the
continuation of the genocide crime from generation to generation."

Francois Hollande made a speech on behalf of Segolene Royal, the
candidate of the French Socialist Party and the Socialists in the
President’s elections.

The gathering was closed by the speech of Charles Aznavour arrived
specially to express his assistance.