Four books on Armenian genocide in French presented today in Yerevan

YEREVAN, May 26. / ARKA /. The Genocide Museum-Institute in Yerevan hosted today the presentation of four books on the 1915 Armenian Genocide, published in the French language with the financial support from ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK.

The original presentation and sale of these books was first held at the Paris Municipality at the initiative of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute in cooperation with the municipalities of Yerevan and Paris, ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK said in a news release today.

One of these books authored by the director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Hayk Demoyan is called "Coverage of the Armenian Genocide on the Front Pages of the World Press;" others are the memoirs of Sargis Torosian called "From Dardanelles to Palestine," a special project called "100 Photo Stories about the Armenian Genocide," and "Ravished Armenia " by Aurora Mardiganyan.

"I want to note with pleasure that these books were a great success in Paris. Three days ago, all the copies of these books put for sale were sold out completely,’ Hayk Demoyan told reporters. He said these are the first translation of these books into French. Demoyan’s book had been presented also in March at the prestigious Paris International Book Fair.

In turn, ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK CEO Hakob Andreasyan noted that the bank’s joining the project was quite a responsible step.

"We wanted to make a modest contribution to the events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. That project was very responsible and that was why we had our French partners involved in it who made a significant contribution to its implementation," said Andreasyan.

ACBA was established in 1996 as part of EU’s TACIS program. As a result of a long-term and mutually beneficial cooperation between ACBA Bank and the French Credit Agricole the latter became the biggest shareholder of ACBA in 2006, September. ACBA was restructured, becoming a closed joint stock company and was renamed ACBA CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK. 

This year Armenia marks the 100 anniversary of Armenian Genocide committed in Turkey.  It was the first genocide of the twentieth century.  According to Armenian and many other historians, up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed starting in 1915 in a systematic campaign by the government of Turkey.  Turkey has been denying it for decades. 

The Armenian genocide was recognized by tens of countries.  The first was Uruguay that did so in 1965. Other nations are Russia, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, Luxembourg and 43 U.S. states.  It was recognized also by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the World Council of Churches and other international organizations. -0-