ARMENIANS IN FRANCE DEMAND EU REJECTS TURKEY
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Dec 18 2013
18 December 2013 – 8:00am
Ara Toranyan, Head of the Coordinating Council of Armenian
Organizations of France, told French President Francois Hollande that
Armenian organizations demanded France keep Turkey out of the EU,
News.am reports.
The meeting with Hollande was organized within the framework of
the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Officials of the
Coordinating Council Murad Papazyan and Alexis Govjiyan took part in
the meeting.
France passed the bill on criminalization of the Armenian Genocide in
2006. Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy helped the bill pass the National
Assembly and the Senate, only to be disapproved by the Constitutional
Council.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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