Armenians Should Urge European States to Recognize Armenian Genocide

March 22, 2006 - 17:18 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Anti-Turkish spirits grew in France in 2005. This is conditioned by the start of EU-Turkey negotiations. The Armenian Genocide recognition is one of France's lines towards Turkey, ARF Bureau's Hay Dat and Political Office Director Kiro Manoian told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his words, Armenians should take the opportunity and urge the European states to recognize the Armenian Genocide.



Manoian noted that the Hay Dat European Office carried out a great deal of work thanks to which French students are aware of the Genocide. According to him, genocide denying slogans and posters are prohibited by the French law. Knowing this French students joined Armenians, the representatives of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun youth branch.



Full text of the interview
 Top stories
Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in SwitzerlandArmenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland
President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.
OSCE vows support for Armenia “in all three directions of security”OSCE vows support for Armenia “in all three directions of security”
Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg.
Yerevan to host fall session of OSCE Parliamentary AssemblyYerevan to host fall session of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering.
German MP calls for sanctions against AzerbaijanGerman MP calls for sanctions against Azerbaijan
Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Partner news
 Articles
6 simple facts about Armenia–Karabakh–Azerbaijan triangle

Everything you need to know

 Most popular in the section
Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village
Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts
Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone
Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan
Home
All news
Overview: Politics
Archive for March 22, 2006
Other news in this section
  Related sections
World
 Topic
 Latest news
Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1.
Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri.
Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”.
Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges.
---