Place in Paris to be named after Hrant Dink

10:33, 20 January, 2022

YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, ARMENPRESS. A place in Paris will be named after late Istanbul-Armenian journalist, editor of Agos daily, Hrant Dink, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of international relations and francophonie Arnaud Ngatcha said.

In a statement on social media, the Paris Deputy Mayor said that January 19 marks the 15th anniversary of the death of Hrant Dink who was killed in Istanbul. He reminded that Dink received the Oxfam Novib PEN Award for his activities in freedom of speech and reconciliation of Armenians and Turks.

“Paris will honor his memory by naming a place after him in the 13th arrondissement of the city”, Arnaud Ngatcha said.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS