HENRI RENAUD: ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS PART OF FRANCE’S HISTORY
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French Ambassador to Armenia Henri Renaud visited Tsitsernakaberd to
pay tribute to the memory of Armenian Genocide victims.
“The Armenian Genocide is part of France’s history, because 500,000
Armenians settled in France fleeing the Genocide,” Mr. Renaud told
reporters in the Memorial Complex.
He noted that Armenia and France maintain close and friendly ties.
France recognized the Armenian Genocide in 2001.
The Armenian Genocide has been recognized and condemned by Uruguay
(1965), the Republic of Cyprus (1982), Argentina (1993), Russia (1995),
Canada (1996), Greece (1996), Lebanon (1997), Belgium (1998), Italy
(2000), Vatican (2000), France (2001), Switzerland (2003), Slovakia
(2004), The Netherlands (2004), Poland (2005), Germany (2005),
Venezuela (2005), Lithuania (2005), Chile (2007), Sweden (2010).
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