ELYSEE PALACE UNAWARE OF HOLLANDE’S APRIL 24 VISIT TO ARMENIA
February 1, 2013 – 17:20 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – The Elysee Palace has no information on a possible
visit of Francois Hollande to Armenia on April 24, the French
President’s press service told PanARMENIAN.Net
According to the press office, if planned, a notification about the
visit will be given through a press release.
“The itinerary of French President Francois Hollande does not include
a visit to Armenia on April 24,” Laurent Bili, the French ambassador
to Turkey said on Thursday, January 31.
As Hurriyet Daily News reported earlier, citing sources in the Elysee,
Hollande is planning to visit Armenia on April 24, the Armenian
Genocide Remembrance Day.
Hollande accepted the invitation of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
in November 2012 to visit Armenia in 2013, the report said, adding
that Hollande aims to issue a “strong genocide message” to the Armenian
community in France before local elections in 2014.
However, the HDN said, the French president will not bring forth the
bill that criminalizes denial of the Armenian Genocide to the Senate
due to “technical difficulties” in the Constitution.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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