By Jean Eckian

On September 15, 2022, hundreds gathered outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris to protest the premeditated aggression by Azerbaijan on the sovereign territory of Armenia. Among the slogans uttered by the demonstrators were: “Stop Aliyev!”, “Get out of Armenia!”, "Pan-Turkism = Facism".

Some twenty political figures came to support the Armenian cause, including Gabriel Attal, former Spokesman of the French government, and the current Minister Delegate in charge of Public Accounts. In his speech, Ara Toranian, Co-Chairman of the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF), thanked France for its diplomatic reaction to the situation by referring the matter to the United Nations Security Council.

Joining the demonstration was Berivan Firat, Spokesperson for the Kurdish Democratic Council in France. "The struggle of the Armenians is the struggle of all oppressed peoples. It is my struggle. Today, I am Armenian. Erdogan is a danger for the Kurds, for the Armenians, for the Syriacs, but also for France, for the West, for our youth and the generations to come,” First told the protesters.

CCAF Co-Chairman Mourad Papazian said "Today, Baku is attacking the Republic of Armenia, a sovereign territory recognized by the UN. One cannot attack a territory recognized by the UN without receiving a response from the UN. We fear for Armenia, its security and its people. We must find a way to ensure peace for the Armenians of the Republic of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.”