PanArmenian News, Armenia
April 24 2009

Armenian commemoration: 6000 demonstrators in Paris

25.04.2009 13:45 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On April 24, six thousand people gathered at Arch of
Triumph on Champs Elysées. Many French politicians commemorated
20 th century’s first Genocide at Unknown Soldier’s Tomb, freelance
correspondent Jean Eckian told PanARMENIAN.Net.

Frederic Lefevre, member of parliament and friend of President Nicolas
Sarkozy, Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) spokesman reaffirmed
France’s opposition for Turkish accession to the European Union, but
hailed the steps for normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations.