On September 18, more 900 French of Armenian descent expressed their dissatisfaction about the visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Paris, only a few days after the favor granted to the murderer of Gurgen Markarian, Ramil Safarov.
In front of Azerbaijan embassy, several members of French parliament and senators, among which François Rochebloine, René Rouquet, François Pupponi, Philippe Kaltenbach and Valérie Boyer (author of the bill condemning of the Armenian genocide denial), declared that Safarov affair is ” a crime of Azerbaijan against Armenia “, ” a violation of the international justice “.
The leaders of the Armenian organizations of France, Ara Toranian, Mourad Papazian ( CCAF), Harout Mardirossian ( CDCA), Hratch Varjabedian ( BFCA) and Yeriche Gorizian (Nor Seround), condemned vigorously the presence of the “dictator Aliyev” on French ground. Besides ask the right to self-determination for the Nagorno-Karabakh.
Among slogans, the crowd shouted “Aliev fascist, outside France!”, “Safarov in prison!” and “Karabakh belongs to us not in Baku! “
photos Jean Eckian