April 25, 2009 - 14:45 AMT
Armenian commemoration: 6000 demonstrators in Paris
On April 24, six thousand people gathered at Arch of Triumph on Champs Elysées. Many French politicians commemorated 20 th century's first Genocide at Unknown Soldier's Tomb, freelance correspondent Jean Eckian told PanARMENIAN.Net.

Frederic Lefevre, member of parliament and friend of President Nicolas Sarkozy, Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) spokesman reaffirmed France's opposition for Turkish accession to the European Union, but hailed the steps for normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations.