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France’s Macron Announces National Day Marking Armenian Genocide
PARIS (RFE/RL’s Armenian Service)—French President Emmanuel Macron has declared April 24 as a day for the commemoration in France of the 1915 genocide of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey.
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Turkish foreign ministry spokesperson Hami Aksoy slammed Macron for the announcement and accused the French president of seeking “receiving the votes of French electorate of Armenian origin”. He also called Macron arrogant and uninformed…
Wow!!! we have to give importance and credence to what Hami Aksoy said!!!
The denial and distortion of an undeniable and proven/documented beyond any doubt of the crime perpetrated by the Turks continues.
Did we expect any different reaction from the Turks?
Vart Adjemian
Viva La France
Macron and his predecessor are the only leaders in the world have the guts to tell the Turks what type crimes their ansesters committed, it’s time for Turks to man up and take responsibility for what happened.
Buy French products !
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Armenians are powerful in France. We should stand up to these turkish bullies and cowards. Twisting and lying about history is alive and well and living in turkey.
Great. A genocide memorial Day. Same France gave 2bln to Azeris.
Which helps the country to thrive in the future
Poor Armenians