Nicolas Sarkozy had sent a mail to Alexis Govciyan
Elected with 53, 06 % of the votes cast, against 46, 94 % to Segolen
Royal , Nicolas Sarkozy had sent a mail to Alexis Govciyan, chairman
of the CCAF, April 24, 2007.
Jean Eckian
Paris
07-05-2007 18:30:56 – KarabakhOpen
Here extracts of this letter.
"Armenia awakes the feeling of friendship and emotion towards
your people which suffered too much from the negationnism during his
history.
The name of Armenian evokes courage vis-a-vis at inexpressible
cruelty. Your ancestors was victims of an unqualifiable, unbearable
and perfectly unimaginable genocide.
Massacres of Erzeroum, Sassoun or of Zeitoun, as many names which
wound your memory. Your ancestors took the way of the exile, often
with for only luggage their determination. Many turned to France and
hoped to find on our premises a new life.
Armenians of France, you are features of union between our common
country, France, your ground of adoption, and the Caucasus of your
ancestors. The Genesis tells that Noah’s Ark would have been posed,
after the flood, at the top of the Ararat Mount.
You survived worst cataclysms. You must keep this vital force which is
yours and which gives to France a supplement of heart.
If I am elected, I will get busy to promote, the relations between
Armenia and France in all the fields. I will also engage in research
of a solution to the conflicts in the Caucasus. I will finally
endeavour to fight, in France, against any approach negationnist with
regard to the Armenian genocide."