Edward Nalbandian opens Yerevan Garden in Paris

Paris, Yesterday, March 12, in front of a thousand people, the orchestra of the Municipal police of Paris played the Armenian anthem while FM Edward Nalbandian unveiled with Charles Aznavour and mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, the plate marking the site of the « Jardin d’Erevan » (Garden of Yerevan), located behind the memorial of the Armenian Genocide.
This green area is bordered of two lines of large trees, along the edges of the Seine on 255 meters of length and 25 meters in width.
Bertrand Delanoë and Edward Nalbandian are mutually happiness of the fraternal friendship which united Yerevan and Paris. In addition, the mayor of Paris wished that the Armenian and French people share their know-how in the fields of the culture, education and health. He moreover put the emphasis on the intolerable denial of the Armenian Genocide which prevails in Turkey and even in France.
Many Armenian personalities of origin descent were present at this event: singer Hélène Segara, MP François Rochebloine and the Minister André Santini, archbishop of Paris Norvan Zakarian, the king of caviar in Paris Armen Petrossian, film producer Alain Terzian, Pierre Terzian, Chairman of Armenian Funds of France, etc.
Jean Eckian / Paris
Photos: Jean Eckian

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