Paris Mayor Intends to Award Garo Paylan with the Medal of City of Paris

• 02.09.2017, 16:34
•  Europe,  World,  Diaspora

Cities Today

During the annual dinner of the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced her intentions on awarding ethnic Armenian deputy of Turkey’s Parliament Garo Paylan with the medal of City of Paris.

As Armenpress reports, referring to Nouvelles d'Armenie Paris Mayor has expressed her support to all her friends of Armenia who are threatened worldwide.

In her speech Hidalgo also commented on her visit to Yerevan. "It’s very rare for me to have such a clear feeling of true identical culture in another city'', she said. At the same time, she stressed she is stunned by the modernity of Yerevan, namely by her visit to TUMO center.

"Upon departing, I thought what can Paris give to Yerevan, upon returning I thought how can Yerevan convey its innovative ideas and dynamics to Paris’’, Hidalgo said.