Paris- President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, will commemorate Tuesday, April 24, the 97th anniversary of the Armenian genocide in Paris. He will speak at 7:00 PM in front statue of Komitas, at Yerevan Garden. He will put deposit a sheaf of flowers in the name of France, accompanied by Republican guard.
This is the first time in France that a President will participate, in the capacity, to the ceremonies commemorating the 1915 genocide.
Jean Eckian, Paris
