Diaspora Armenians pay tribute to victims
Events in memory of the Armenian Genocide have kicked off in hundreds of residential areas in France. The MFA Department of Information and Public Relations reports that a mass has been served in memory of the Armenian martyrs was served at the Notre Dame in Paris since April 22.
On the same day, VAN organization placed a wall of vigil against denial at the square of the Notre Dame in Paris. The dozens of signs told thousands of visitors about the massacres during the first genocide of the 20th century and Darfur, as well as the massacres in Sumgait, Kirovabad, Baku and Maraga.
Commemoration events are also taking place in Marseilles, Lyon, Bordo, Nice, Grenobl, Montpelier, Cannes, Toulouse, Valans, Eks-an-Provans, Tulon, Avignon, Isi-le-Mulino, Alforvil, Clamar, Medon, Anier, Bangno and several other French citizens with the participation of French state and political representatives and clergymen.
A dozen lectures devoted to the fight against denial are also being organized. The French press is providing wide coverage of the Armenian Genocide.
According to the MFA Department of Press, Information and Public Relations, the "Garegin Nzhdeh" Youth Association in the Netherlands organized a march with torches to the Embassy of Turkey on the occasion of the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
The march began from the Het Plain Square in front of the Parliament of the Netherlands where the participants had gathered with slogans reading "Justice to the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide" and moved toward the Turkish Embassy in Hague. They conducted a short mass in front of the Turkish Embassy in memory of the martyrs and lit candles in the form of the symbolic number "1.5".
