PARIS — France will make April 24 a “national day of commemoration of the Armenian genocide”, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday, honoring a campaign promise he made from his election in 2017. Speaking to the Armenian community at a dinner in Paris, Macron said France was one of the first nations to denounce the killing of the Armenian people for what it was. Macron’s remarks at the dinner, organized by the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organisations of France, honored a campaign promise from his election in 2017. The French president said he had previously informed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of his decision. Calling France “an example in the world”, Mourad Papazian from CCAF, the Co-ordination Council of Armenian organisations of France, said: “We appreciate that the President has kept his commitment.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 06, 2019 08:03 UTC