Commemoration event dedicated to 110th anniversary of Armenian  Genocide  held in  Paris

ArmInfo. On April 23, an official commemoration event dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was held at Montmartre Square near the City Hall of the 15th arrondissement of Paris.

As reported by the press service of the Armenian Embassy in France,  the ceremony was attended by the Mayor of the 15th arrondissement of  Paris, Philippe Goujon, the First Secretary of the Armenian Embassy  in France and Consul, Liana Ghukasyan, members of the city council  and  representatives of the French Armenian community, who laid  wreaths in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.  Also, the  national anthems of Armenia and France were  played at the end of the  event.  On the eve of the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide,  a solemn ceremony of lighting the facade of the Palais de Pharo of  the city administration building with the colors of the Armenian  tricolor took place on April 22. The initiative came from  the Mayor  of Marseille Benoit Payan and the Coordinating Council of Armenian  Organizations in the South of France CCAF Sud.