MONUMENT TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS OPENS IN FRENCH CITY OF GAP
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 04 2006
PARIS, APRIL 4, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Edvard Nalbandian,
the Ambassador of Armenia to France, and the President of the Council
General of the state of Alpes opened an Armenian tufa-built khachkar
(cross stone) dedicated to the memory of the Armenian Genocide
victims, on the central square of the city of Gap on April 2. In his
speech Ambassador Nalbandian emphasized the necessity of constantly
remembering and condemning the crime conducted against the mankind. “A
man lost his memory has no future. A people lost its memory has
no history. And the mankind without memory will lose its mankind
face,” the Ambassador of Armenia mentioned. The event was followed
by a solemn reception at the Mayor’s Office, during which memory
medal of the honorary citizen of the city of Gap was given to the
Ambassador of Armenia. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA Foreign
Ministry’s Press and Information Department, deputies, senators,
heads of local self-government bodies, statesmen and politicians,
hundreds of representatives of the Armenian community arrived from
neighboring regions were present at the ceremony. There are about 5
dozens of monuments dedicated to the memory of the Armenian Genocide
victims in the territory of France which, together with adoption of
the law concerning recognition of the Genocide, are accepted both as
recognition and condemnation of the Genocide by the people of France
and as display of solidarity towards the Armenian people.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
