Sarkozy to attend Armenian Genocide commemoration event April 23, 2012 - 15:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - French President Nicolas Sarkozy, will join the Armenian community on Tuesday, April 24, to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Paris. He is expected to give a speech at 7:00 pm at the monument to Komitas, at Yerevan Garden in Paris. He will also lay a wreath to the monument, French-Armenian journalist Jean Eckian said. This is the first time that a French President will personally attend Genocide commemoration event. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Seven injured in massive gas station explosion in Armenia The Investigative Committee of Armenia has unveiled details about a massive explosion at a gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan highway. |