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    MEMORIAL OF VICTIMS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE UNVEILED IN AVIGNON

    Noyan Tapan
    Dec 11, 2007

    AVIGNON, DECEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A memorial of
    victims of Armenian Genocide was unveiled in the central park of
    the French city of Avignon. The memorial was unveiled on December 8
    by Edward Nalbandian, the Ambassador of Armenia to France, and Mme
    Marie-Jose' Roig, the Avignon Mayor, a French parliament deputy,
    former Minister.

    As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA Foreign Ministry Press
    and Information Department, deputies, representatives of local
    self-government bodies, heads of local Armenian unions, journalists,
    hundreds of citizens were present at the solemn ceremony.

    In his speech of gratitude Ambassador E. Nalbandian said: "By unveiling
    such memorials, the French people at the same time confirms its
    loyalty to great humanistic ideas and its solidarity to the Armenian
    people. It is symbolic that this memorial is also dedicated to victims
    of all genocides, as well as fighters, who perished for the sake of
    the liberty of France, which was the first to recognize the Armenian
    Genocide with the force of law."
    General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”
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