On March 12, about 2000 people held a demonstration in front of the French Senate. The demonstrators demanded to pass a law on criminalization of denial of the Armenian Genocide, perpetrated in 1915 under the Ottoman Empire. The law was adopted on October 12, 2006 by the French National Assembly.

In an interview with Nouvelles d` Arménie, world famous chansonnier Charles Aznavour expressed regret that President Obama and Sarkozy did not keep their pledges. Obama did not utter the word “genocide”, while Sarkozy has not supported a bill criminalizing denial of Armenian Genocide, as he promised before 2007 elections.

The famous singer said that if President Sarkozy fails to keep his promise, the Armenians of France will remember this during 2012 presidential elections. According to Wikileaks publications, after his election in May 2007, President Sarkozy assured Turkey that the Armenian bill “will die in Senate”.