MONUMENT DEDICATED TO MEMORY OF VICTIMS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE OPENS IN FRENCH CITY OF TOURS

Noyan Tapan
Oct 23, 2007

TOURS, OCTOBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The memorial
dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide opened
in the central square of the French city of Tours on October 21. Edward
Nalbandian, the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to France, and
Jean Germain, the Mayor of Tours, took part in the opening ceremony
of the monument.

"By opening such monuments, the French people confirm their
faithfulness to great humanistic ideas and their solidarity with the
Armenian people at the same time. It is symbolic that this monument
is set up in the city of Tours: in the heart of France, which was the
first to recognize the Armenian Genocide by force of law," Ambassador
Edward Nalbandian said.

According to the information provided to Noyan Tapan by the Press
and Information Department of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
MPs, representatives of local self-governmental bodies, leaders of
local Armenian communities, journalists, and hundreds of citizens
were present at the solemn opening ceremony of the monument.