CHARLES AZNAVOUR UNVEILS KHACHKAR IN VERSAILLES
By Jean Eckian
31.05.10 | 14:57
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Beloved international crooner and Armenia’s Ambassador to Switzerland,
French-Armenian Charles Aznavour unveiled a stone cross (khachkar)
in Versailles, France on Sunday (May 30).
The cross, made in Armenia, was unveiled on the anniversary of the
Treaty of Versailles, and honors Armenian veterans of WWII who fought
for France, as well as victims of the Armenian Genocide.
Antoine Bagdikian, president of the National Association of Armenian
Veterans), organizer of the event, said: “We are not here to seek
revenge. We only ask that justice be done after all these years. We
give thanks to France that was the first to recognize this genocide.”
From: A. Papazian
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