MONUMENT FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS OPENED IN FRENCH TOWN OF TOULON
Yerevan, June 12. ArmInfo. A monument for the victims of Armenian
Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 has been opened in the French town
of Toulon, the Armenian Foreign Ministry Department for Information
and Press told ArmInfo. Participating in the ceremony were Ambassador
of Armenia to France Edward Nalbandyan and Toulon Mayor Hubert Falco.
The Armenian community of Toulon helped creating and erecting the
monument. The State hymns of Armenia and France were performed at the
opening ceremony, the state flags were lowered, and wreaths were laid
on the monument. In his speech, Edward Nalbandyan said during the
last years, similar monuments were erected in different French towns.
Within the frames of the Year of Armenia in France, about 40 Armenian
khachkars will be demonstrated at the world-known museum Louvre,
the Armenian diplomat said.