PARIS. – Armenian community of France feels a deep satisfaction from the decision by the French Senate on the Armenian Genocide bill, expert at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris Jacques Sémelin told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“People always remember all those who died during deportations. I just recollected William Faulkner’s words ‘the past is never dead. It is not even past.’  I am not sure about Turkey. I believe that the Turkish artistic elite will try to raise the Genocide issue. Meantime, it is not easy for them but they can find support abroad. I am proud that my recent book Purify and Destroy: The Political Uses of Massacre and Genocide also was published in Turkish. I expect it will cause discussions,” French expert and historian said.