YEREVAN. - The commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Verdun is an occasion to remember that the Armenian volunteers fought side by side with the French, the statement of the French Embassy in Armenia on Facebook reads. 

“They went on serving France also after the war, in the ranks of the Eastern Legion, then against Nazi barbarians, no matter whether under the banner of the Republic or in the underground resistance.

It’s necessary to relentlessly laud this ardent service and realize that despite difficulties, the duty of the French is to render honors to their killed soldiers and keep alive the memory of the Armenian soldiers so that their names are passed to their descendants as an eternal light of valor, with which they decorated the light of civilization and liberty,” the statement reads.