Armenian News-NEWS.am wished to hear the reaction of the parents of little Sarkozy, with respect to the French Constitutional Council’s deeming unconstitutional the bill that criminalizes the denial of genocides—including the Armenian Genocide. 

In response to our reporter’s question as to whether now they have regretted calling their newborn after the French President, little Sarkozy’s grandfather, Petros Avetisyan, said: “Not at all, it [the name] will remain as it is! We have not regretted it at all. Everyone greatly adores our decision.” 

He noted that they affectionately call the little one “Sarkozik.”

In her turn, the baby’s mother, Nara Avetisyan, added that they have gotten used to this name and it sounds very good, and therefore they have not regretted their decision. She also informed that they were motivated by patriotism when they named the baby as such.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, a baby boy was born on January 25 at the maternity hospital of Armenia’s Gyumri city. And in honor of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the newborn was named Sarkozy, Gyumri Maternity Hospital’s Director Armen Isahakyan told. He also informed that the parents themselves had decided to name the child Sarkozy, since they were very moved by the French Senate’s passing of the bill that criminalizes the denial of genocides—including the Armenian Genocide—and therefore the parents wanted to express their gratitude in this way.  The three-kilogram Sarkozy is from Akhurik village. He is his parents’ firstborn.