YEREVAN, MARCH ۱۲, ARMENPRESS. President of France Nicolas Sarkozy stated at the pre-electoral campaign in Villepinte on March ۱۱ that he respects the memory of the massacred Armenians. Citing Nouvelles d'Armenie, Armenpress reports that in his speech President of France stated, "France is France when it struggles for the others. Today France must be by the side of the Syrian people, the murders must be subjected to responsibility. France will go to no concessions in protecting the security of Israel. It will defend the principle of Palestine State, it will defend gender equality, right of eastern Christians to live in peace. That is the reason why I respect the memory of the killed Armenians," Sarkozy noted.

The meeting was live broadcast on different French channels.