On November 11, to mark the signing of the armistice in 1918, the Armenian community of France bowed to the statue of General Andranik at Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
A second ceremony paid tribute to the Armenian fighters who sacrificed their lives for the French Republic.
Mrs. George Pau-Langevin, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Education, responsible for academic success, laid a wreath at the foot of the Armenian monument in the name of France.
According to documents, 700 Armenians lost their lives on the b attlefield duringthe First World War, free-lance journalist Jean Eckian reports from Paris.
