Armenians of Marseille will hold a demonstration near the building of municipality in a protest against French president’s visit to Turkey planned for late January.

The organizers issued a statement expressing discontent with the planned visit of Francois Hollande to a sate that “has no respect towards human rights and rights of ethnic minorities, jails journalists, continues decade-long blockade of Armenia, illegally occupies northern Cyprus and continues disseminating Armenian Genocide denial”, Nouvelles d'Arménie reported.

The Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF) decided to launch protests against Hollande’s visit to Turkey across the states.