April 19, 2010 - 15:23 AMT
Treaty of Sevres Article 144 valid, expert says

On April 14, the French Bureau of the Armenian Cause (Hay Dat) organized a symposium with participation of international experts.

Dogan Ozguden, Journalist and President of the Foundation Info Turk; Frederic Encel, Geo-political scientist, Professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris; Yair Auron, Professor of History at the Open University of Israel; Kiro Manoyan, Head of the ARF Bureau's Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office Director; Ali Ertem, Historian and Chairman of the Association Against Genocide; Israel Charny, President of the Institute for Holocaust and Genocide (Jerusalem); Alfred de Zayas, an international lawyer and historian; Harut Sassounian, The California Courier publisher and Yves Ternon, a French historian, were present, freelance French journalist Jean Eckian told PanARMENIAN.Net.

“Article 144 of the Treaty of Sevres envisages indemnity to the Armenian people and restitution of their property rights. This provision is valid today, and the international community should know about it,” prof. Alfred de Zayas said in his remarks.