FRENCH COURT PROLONGS DEADLINE FOR PETITIONS OF HEIRS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS
By Marieta Khachatrian
AZG Armenian Daily #158
01/09/2007
Genocide Recompensing
The French court prolonged the deadline for submitting petitions of
the heirs of the victims of the Armenian Genocide til January 7, the
head of the Vardges Yeghian law firm Armen Baghdoyan said on August 31.
He said there is already a list of 7000 Armenians who had insurance
policies at the French L’Union Vie, Caisse Paternelle and La Confiance
insurance companies, now the AXA company. According to him, the
French court has set up a special committee to study the petitions,
which includes three France-based Armenians. Baghdoyan also said
compensation to the relatives of the victims of the Genocide will
total 11.5 million dollars. Another three million dollars will be
handed out to the Armenian charity funds.