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MP of the Swiss People's Party, Yves Nidegger, is against the installment of an Armenian monument in Geneva’s Tremble park, local Ville de Genève newspaper reports.

Pursuant to the approved project, the Armenian monument “Les réverbères de la mémoire” (“Lanterns of memory”) will be installed in the park.

The idea of the project was born ten years ago, but the Armenian community finally got a permit to implement it only last week. The monument will be dedicated to the Armenian Genocide in Turkey. But the struggle is not over yet, since the attorney, adviser and MP of Swiss People's Party has applied for cancelling the decision of the city’s administration.

“Tremble park is a green zone. Therefore, nothing can be build there but for the buildings in the interests of the citizens and exclusively related to the park development. There is an intention to install nine nine-meter lanterns with a ten-meter diameter each. This will change the nature of our park,” the MP told the newspaper’s correspondent.

For his part, project coordinator Stefan Kristensen noted:  “I trust the project: this is an important stage in the history of the city, and we are sure we want to carry it out. All those who are against it are motivated by policy. It’s a pity to see the resistance of these people, who deny the happening, regardless of [which] genocides.”

The project was to be implemented in Geneva’s Ariana park in 2014, but was turned down on the ground of “violation of Geneva’s neutrality on the international platform,” although the decision was actually adopted under the pressure of the Turkish authorities. 

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