?GENOCIDE? ALLEGATION FROM ASSYRIANS, CHALDEANS

Some 10,000 Assyrian-Chaldeans live in Paris. The monument is near a similar to the so-called Armenian genocide. Francois Pupponi, the socialist mayor of Paris? Sarcelles district, said in a dedication speech that the monument was meant to show deep sympathy for the Assyrian-Chaldean people who died 1915. He also added that as long as Turkey resists the genocide allegations it will never join the European Union. A Chaldean Iraqi parliamentarian, Yonadam Kanna, also reportedly attended the dedication ceremony, saying that the monument is not a symbol of hostility between Turkey and Iraq but would help raise awareness of the subject. /Star/