YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, ARMENPRESS. President of France Emmanuel Macron has informed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the decision to declare April 24th a National Day of Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide in advance.

Speaking at the annual dinner of the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations in France (CCAF), where he announced the initiative, he said he informed Erdogan in advance because “he wanted to keep an open dialogue with Turkey”, Euronews reported.

"We have disagreements over the fight against the Islamic State, human rights and civil liberties in Turkey and on the genocide," Macron said, according to Euronews.

"We also have points of agreement such as the necessity for a political transition in Syria. As such, dialogue with Turkey is indispensable," Macron said.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan