{"id":21067,"date":"2018-02-01T17:27:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T17:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/?p=21067"},"modified":"2018-02-01T17:27:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T17:27:09","slug":"macron-pledges-to-add-armenian-genocide-commemoration-day-to-french-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/?p=21067","title":{"rendered":"Macron pledges to add Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day to French calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emmanuel Macron was the guest, Tuesday evening, at the dinner of the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations in France (CCAF). The French president\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0 promised to include a Day of Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide in the calendar. It was a campaign promise, <em>AFP<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093The fight for justice and recognition is our fight, we are leading it by memory by supporting the Republican calendar of a day for the commemoration of the genocide,\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d said the head of state, who stressed that it was \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093essential that the national representation recovers from this subject in the coming months\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d.<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Macron, who will visit Armenia in October at the Francophonie Summit in Yerevan, was the guest of honor at this dinner hosted by Andr\u0569\u0083\u0539. Manoukian, which brought together 500 people from the Armenian community in a Paris hotel. Also present were the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, the President of the \u0569\u008e\u0539\u009dle-de-France region Val\u0569\u0083\u0539.rie P\u0569\u0083\u0539.cresse, the French elected officials of Armenian origin as Patrick Devedjian or the Mayor of Lyon Georges K\u0569\u0083\u0539.p\u0569\u0083\u0539.n\u0569\u0083\u0539.kian, the Turkish deputy of Armenian origin Garo Paylan (HDP), as well as Jewish community leaders.<\/p>\n<p>HDP), as well as Jewish community leaders.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/x6dyuhd\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>CCAF Co-Chairs Ara Toranian and Mourad Papazian asked Emmanuel Macron to condemn Turkey, which they accused of threatening minorities, including Armenians, and also urged him to visit Nagorno-Karabakh.<\/p>\n<p>\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093On Turkey, I engaged in a regular and demanding dialogue with President Erdogan, sometimes safe from the media,\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d replied the head of state. \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093On terrorism, the migration crisis,\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d we need allies, including those who do not share our values,\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The president defended his policy of dialogue with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whom he received at the Elysee Palace in early January, as well as his neutrality in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093I will not accompany you to Karabakh\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d because \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093I will lose all the use France has done for this conflict as a mediator.\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093I hope to come with you the day we have settled all this,\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d he concluded, to applause.<\/p>\n<p>armradio.am\/en<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Emmanuel Macron was the guest, Tuesday evening, at the dinner of the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations in France (CCAF). 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