France's Macron Declares April 24 Commemoration Day Of Armenian Genocide

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France's Macron Declares April 24 Commemoration Day Of Armenian Genocide

French President Emmanuel Macron has declared April 24 as a "national day of commemoration of the Armenian genocide."

Macron made the announcement on February 5 at a dinner for the Armenian community in France, honoring a campaign promise from his 2017 election campaign.

France was among the first nations to denounce "the murderous hunt of the Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire," he said at the annual dinner organized by the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF).

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