It is now 101 years that took place the Armenian genocide, still denied by Turkey. A year after moving centenary celebrations, the Armenian community was still waiting for you to gather outside the Komitas statue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, and then to walk to the Champs Elysees and the Annex to the Embassy of the Turkey. Despite the rain and cold.
There were nearly 5,000 people, including politicians (Bruno Le Roux, Francois Pupponi, Luke Carvounas Helene Luc, Arthur Khandjian, etc.), cult members and various personalities (Levon Sayan, the acupuncturist Elise Boghossian, the author Gaya Guérian, filmmaker Arto Pehlivanian, etc).
The memorial ceremony began with a wreath-laying of two co-chairs of the CCAF, Mourad Papazian and Ara Toranian, the mayor of the 8th arrondissement, Jeanne D’Hauteserre, Ambassador of Armenia in France, His Excellency Viguen Tchitetchian to the deputy mayor of Paris in charge of international relations, Patrick Klugman, and the Secretary of State for European Affairs, Harlem Désir. The whole front of the doors flags. The six personalities are then made on the platform for the start of speech.