French Minister of State attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne delivered a speech at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial in Yerevan on April 24 on the occasion of the 106-th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
“This year, our delegation on behalf of President Macron is naturally present at the commemoration ceremony. This year especially, the ceremony has a special significance because it is already 20 years since France recognized the Armenian Genocide by law. But President of the Republic wasn’t satisfied only with that, and it is already the 3rd consecutive year that April 24th is marked in the official state calendar of France as a remembrance day.
Everyone in France pays tribute to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide by expressing a unique, heartfelt wish. France will always support Armenia, both in the difficult moments of the past as well as for all initiatives expected in the future,” Lemoine said.
He also reminded about a statement by the French President condemning all the mercenaries who were recruited from Syria and had appeared in the events well known to us all, and the medical humanitarian aid. As a co-chair of the Minsk Group, France has adopted another mission, calling on all other co-chairs to return the prisoners of war to Armenia as soon as possible. Lemoine also said, that today, on April 24, 2021, the Armenian nation stands firmly, it is withstanding, nothing will be able to obstruct the centuries-old Armenian-French friendship.
