France Honors 1,500,000 Armenians Exterminated in 1915

“They failed. France, for 20 years, has recognized it in its texts, and Emmanuel Macron has kept his commitment to include the commemoration of April 24 in the Republican calendar.

“Education today is the mother of battles. We must lead it, firmly, resolutely, without making the slightest concession to those who, for political reasons, try to manipulate the minds of the younger generations to lessen or deny the scope of this genocide.

“We will be there to help the Armenian people to support their heritage. We will be there to help the Armenians find theirs.”

Mayor Hidalgo stated: “On April 24, in front of the statue of Father Komitas, we honor the memory of the victims of the Armenian genocide perpetrated 106 years ago. Never forget.” She continued, “This commemoration is very special since it follows a war. The goal of this war: the eradication of any Armenian presence in Nagorno-Karabakh, even an invasion of Armenia itself.” She denounced this and announced that a square in Paris will bear the name Armenia.

Pécresse exclaimed: “This April 24, 2021 is not an anniversary like any other: the United States recognizes the Armenian genocide, 20 years after France, thanks to Jacques Chirac. It is up to us to continue to protect Armenia from the attacks of its enemies, because an unbreakable bond binds us!”

Ara Toranian, co-president of the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations in France, said: “100 years after the genocide of 1915, the ideological model which led to the worst is still there, with its cocktail of pan-Turkism and jihadism which constitutes the political matrix of the AKP [Justice and Development Party] of Mr. Erdogan and his epigones in power in Baku.”