On behalf of Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan a wreath was put in Paris to commemorate the victims of the Genocide

25.04.2014

The delegation of Arabkir administrative district of Yerevan headed by the leader of the administrative district Hrayr Antonyan has arrived in Plessis Robinson city, France. The members of the delegation together with the President of the French Republic Francois Holland, with representatives of the Armenian community of France and other officials took part in the ceremony of commemoration of the victims of the Armenian Genocide. The ceremony was held in Paris, at the monument to Komitas. Hrayr Antonyan put a wreath at the monument on behalf of Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan in memory of the massacred in the Great Armenian Genocide.

Within the scope of the visit the members of the delegation of Arabkir district had official meetings during which the possibilities of bilateral relationship stimulation and the process of being implemented projects were discussed. A number of proposals of perspective significance were discussed as well. The head of the administrative district of Arabkir Hrayr Antonyan had also a meeting with the delegate of the National Assembly of France, a member of the leading party «Union for French Democracy» Patric Devejyan, Armenian by nation. Within the scope of the meeting a khachkar presented by the Municipality of Yerevan is to be installed in the garden of the Municipality of Plessis Robinson,as a token of friendship between Yerevan and Plessis Robinson.

 

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