Armenians in France demand EU rejects Turkey

Ara Toranyan, Head of the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France, told French President Francois Hollande that Armenian organizations demanded France keep Turkey out of the EU, News.am reports.

The meeting with Hollande was organized within the framework of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Officials of the Coordinating Council Murad Papazyan and Alexis Govjiyan took part in the meeting.

France passed the bill on criminalization of the Armenian Genocide in 2006. Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy helped the bill pass the National Assembly and the Senate, only to be disapproved by the Constitutional Council.