CEREMONY IN MEMORY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS HELD UNDER TRIUMPHAL ARCH IN PARIS
Noyan Tapan
April 23, 2008
PARIS, APRIL 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian foreign minister Edward
Nalbandian, who is on a working visit to Paris, met with the Secretary
General of ruling UMP party Patrick Devejian on April 23.
Later on the same day E. Nalbandian took part in a ceremony in memory
of the victims of the Armenian Genocide under the Arc de Triomphe
(Triumphal Arch) in Paris. He laid a wreath at the grave of the Unknown
Soldier. The national anthems of Armenia and France were performed,
the battle flags were lowered, and those present observed a minute
of silence in memory of the victims.
According to a press release of the RA MFA Press and Information
Department, the ceremony was attended by French statesmen, political
figures, mayors, high-ranking officers, and hundreds of French
Armenians.