Emmanuel Macron laid flowers to the Memorial to the victims of the  Armenian Genocide 

ArmInfo.French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, who arrived in Yerevan yesterday to attend the 17th Summit of the heads of the Francophone  countries, visited Tsitsernakaberd on October 11, where they laid  flowers at the Memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

The head of the French state honored the memory of innocent victims with  a minute of silence and planted a tree. He was accompanied by RA  Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, French Ambassador to Armenia  Jonathan Lacote, RA Minister of Education and Science Arayik  Harutyunyan, Acting Mayor of Yerevan Kamo Areyan.

France recognized the Armenian Genocide by force of law. Moreover,  there was also an initiative to criminalize the denial of the  Armenian Genocide, but the adopted document was rejected by the  Constitutional Council.

After visiting the complex, the President of France headed to the  Sport and Concert Complex named after Karen Demirchyan, where the  17th Summit of the heads of the countries of Francophonie kicks off.

It was originally planned that on the eve of the summit, Emmanuel  Macron will visit Armenia with a state visit, however, according to  French sources, the French leader's state visit is postponed until  next year.