French President Francois Hollande to visit Tsitsernakaberd with 120-member delegation on April 24th
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YEREVAN, 23 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. France will be participating in the Armenian Genocide commemoration ceremony at the level of the head of state with three calls for remembrance, tribute to the victims and responsibility so that such horrible events never happen again. This is what Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Armenia Jean-Francois Charpentier announced. In response to “Armenpress”’s question, the French Ambassador to Armenia said the French Embassy in Armenia is currently working on organizing President Francois Hollande’s visit to Armenia. “Francois Hollande will be arriving in Yerevan with quite a large delegation consisting of nearly 120 delegates. There is still no information about the composition of the delegation. I can simply add that the delegation will include members of the French-Armenian community,” Charpentier said.
April 24thmarks the centennial of the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by Ottoman Turkey. Several delegations from different countries will be visiting Armenia. President of France Francois Hollande and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin have announced about visiting Armenia.