In the framework of events dedicated to the Armenian Genocide centennial and on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, on the initiative of La Croix Bleue des Arméniens de France (Blue Cross French-Armenian Union), 100 roses were planted Sunday, March 8, in Yerevan Park in Paris, commemorating female victims of the Armenian Genocide.

Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and Armenian ambassador to France Vigen Chitechian officially unveiled the memorial, (located near the statue of Komitas), with the inscription: “In commemoration of the female victims of Armenian Genocide; to those, who went missing, and to those, who survived and conveyed the memory.”

A number of members of the Council of Paris, politicians, public figures and officials, representatives of cultural and media circles, hundreds of French Armenians and Parisiаns attended the event.

In his remarks, ambassador Chitechian thanked the authorities of Paris and France for remembering the ancestors of their citizens of Armenian origin.