French President Emanuel Macron (left) with Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan
PARIS—The Armenian community in France has expressed anger over a planned visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogam on January 5, Armenian Christmas Eve. The Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations in France (CCAF) issued an announcement urging French President Emanuel Macron to be forceful with Erdogan, who has insulted and provoked Europeans for several years.
The CCAF also pointed out that Erdogan’s visit is taking place at a time when his regime is threatening members of the Turkish-Armenian community as was reported by Garo Paylan, an Armenian member of the Turkish Parliament representing the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) on December 20.
Macron has promised to address the issue of human rights violations in Turkey. The French-Armenian community is demanding that Macron also discuss Turkey’s continued denial of the Armenian Genocide, which the CCAF says has become a center piece of Turkey’s foreign policy, which the “root of the criminal and expansionist behavior of successive Turkish regimes for years. A tradition that today continues by Erdogan.â€
