September 21, 2013 - 15:56 AMT
Armenian Genocide memorial to be unveiled in Paris suburb

The French Roquebrune-sur-Argens commune, Var department will host the unveiling ceremony of a memorial for Armenian Genocide victims authored by architect Antranik Zakarian.

The September 21 ceremony will be opened with the music by Jean Marc DerMesropian and Charles Aznavour, with sisters Fabienne and Laurence Chanoyan to perform Komitas songs.

To attend the event are Roquebrune-sur-Argens Mayor Luc Jousse; members of the French National Assembly Valérie Boyer, Henri Jibrayel, Alaine Moyn-Bressand, Francois Rochebloine, Guy Tessier; representative of the Eastern Var Armenian Union Jacky Lequeux; representatives of the Armenian embassy in France, Nouvelles d`Arménie said.

Memorials to Genocide victims have already been unveiled in Paris, Lion and Marseilles.