È in gioco la sopravvivenza dell’Armenia, signor Presidente! | È in gioco la sopravvivenza dell’Armenia, signor Presidente!

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# Armenia’s survival is at stake, Mr. President!

## TRIBUNE. Élisabeth Badinter, Laurent Wauquiez, Anne Hidalgo, Roger-Pol Droit and around a hundred personalities are calling on Emmanuel Macron to send a French military force to Armenia, which is threatened by Azerbaijan.

Mr. President of the Republic,

Elected officials from all political stripes and representatives of civil society, we hereby have the honor of requesting your kind attention to an emergency situation which worries many republicans and human rights defenders. French man: that of the survival of Armenia.

We are aware of your commitment on the subject, and the humanitarian, political and diplomatic efforts that France is deploying under your mandate to help this friendly country, which is facing threats to its existence from forces claiming to be Pan-Turkish, including the iron of lance is currently in Baku. We thank you in particular for your initiative to provide military assistance of a defensive nature to this State, by allowing the supply of certain weapons as well as training in our best schools of Armenian soldiers.

### Armenia, a country so close to us

But it is, unfortunately, to be feared that these efforts will not be enough to encourage the Aliyev regime to abandon its expansionist and criminal projects. Enjoying real military superiority, acquired in particular thanks to its gas and oil revenues and the support of the Turkish state, Azerbaijan is more tempted than ever by the option of military escalation. Especially since the ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh proved profitable in its eyes, and Armenia’s openness to democracy isolated it, putting it at odds with its strategic ally. traditional Russian. This results in a dangerous situation for her, bordering on the risk of erasure, a hundred years after the 1915 genocide.

This strong probability, if it were to come true, would not only constitute an absolute catastrophe for our brothers in Armenia, a country so close to us by its history and its values; it would represent a terrible failure for humanity, and consequently for France, Europe and all the powers working to respect international law and the victory of justice over force.

Mr. President of the Republic, if the situation seems serious enough to alert you, there is always hope until the worst has happened. We therefore believe that there is still time, on this front, to ward off the danger by setting the example of even stronger mobilization alongside Armenia. This is why we are pleading in these lines for the sending of a French military force to this sister nation. A peace contingent, whose effective presence, would aim to deter those who would consider attacking Armenia.

Our armies, already present in a number of countries, are used to peacekeeping missions and humanitarian action. It seems to us that by also flying the tricolor in this endangered country, while affirming their exclusively peaceful vocation, they would revive the breath of hope, solidarity and freedom, and that they would strengthen thereby our own immune system against the ill winds of totalitarianism, obscurantism and withdrawal into oneself.

Thanking you for your attention, and asking you to accept, Mr. President, the expression of our highest consideration.

### Signatories:

Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris ·
Élisabeth Badinter, philosopher ·
Bernard Kouchner, former Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs ·
Valérie Pécresse, president of the Île-de-France region ·
Xavier Bertrand, president of the Hauts-de-France regio · n
Laurent Wauquiez, president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ·
Éric Ciotti, president of the Republicans, quaestor of the National Assembly, deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes ·
Bernard-Henri Levy, writer ·
Pascal Bruckner, philosopher ·
Jean-François Colosimo, theologian, writer, publisher ·
Christian Estrosi, mayor of Nice ·
François-Xavier Bellamy, French MEP ·
Robert Guédiguian, filmmaker ·
Jean-Michel Blanquer, former Minister of National Education, director of the laboratory of the Republic ·
Bruno Le Roux, Former Minister of the Interior ·
Laurence Rossignol, senator of Val -de-Marne, former Minister of Families, Children, Women’s Rights ·
Dominique Sopo, president of SOS Racisme ·
Mario Stasi, president of Licra ·
Simon Abkarian, actor ·
Marc Alpozzo, philosopher, essayist ·
Monique Atlan, writer ·
Fabrice Balanche, geographer, lecturer at the University of Lyon-II ·
Nektar Balian, 4edeputy mayor of Arnouville ·
Dominique Baqué, philosopher, art critic ·
Nicolas Bary, director and screenwriter ·
Shani Benoualid, association #JeSuisLà ·
Étienne Blanc, senator of Rhône ·
Patrick Bloche, Deputy Mayor of Paris ·
Elise Boghossian, founder of EliseCare ·
Anne -Laure Bonnel, Director ·
Anthony Borré, first deputy mayor of Nice ·
Colombe Brossel, senator of Paris ·
Jean-Christophe Buisson, journalist, deputy editorial director of Figaro Magazine ·
Jean-Yves Camus, director of the Observatory of political radicalities of the Jean-Jaurès Foundation ·
Luc Carvounas, mayor of Alfortville ·
Danièle Cazarian, former deputy of Rhône ·
Alexandra Cordebard, mayor of 10edistrict of Paris ·
Julie Couturier, lawyer ·
Jeanne D’Hauteserre, mayor of 8edistrict of Paris ·
Nicolas Daragon, mayor of Valence ·
Marie-Pierre de la Gontrie, senator of Paris ·
Léon Deffontaines, head of the list of the United Left for the world of work in the European elections ·
Mickaël Delafosse, mayor of Montpellier ·
François Devedjian, lawyer ·
Roger-Pol Law, philosopher, writer ·
Vincent Duclert, historian, researcher at EHESS ·
Lamia El Araje, first federal secretary of the Socialist Party of Paris ·
Frédéric Encel, geopolitologist ·
Raphaël Enthoven, philosopher ·
Rémi Féraud, senator of Paris ·
Berivan Firat, spokesperson for the Democratic Council Kurdish in France (CDK-F) ·
Lef Forster, lawyer ·
Brigitte Fossey, actress ·
Caroline Fourest, journalist ·
Michel Fournier, president of the Association of Rural Mayors of France, mayor of Voivres ·
Roman Frayssinet, comedian ·
Jean-Marc Germain, French MEP ·
Alexis Govciyan , councilor of Paris, elected from 9edistrict ·
Virginie Guillaume, presenter ·
Jean-Jacques Guillet, mayor of Chaville ·
Cyril Hanouna, presenter ·
Stéphane Hasbanian, lawyer ·
Pierre Henry, president of France Fraternité ·
Isabelle Ithurburu, presenter ·
Paula Jacques, writer ·
Jarry, comedian ·
Sophie Joissains, mayor of Aix-en-Provence ·
Bernard Jomier, senator of Paris ·
Patrick Karam, vice-president of the regional council of Île-de-France ·
Robert Kechichian, director ·
Daniel Keller, former grand master of the Grand Orient of France
Georges Kepenekian, municipal councilor of the city of Lyon – Elected 3earrondissement ·
Marc Knobel, historian ·
Nathalie Krikorian-Dronsoy, historian and political philosopher ·
Pascal Légitimus, actor ·
Eric Lejoindre, mayor of 18eParis district ·
Nathalie Loiseau, French MEP ·
Mathieu Madenian, comedian ·
Richard Mallié, mayor of Bouc-Bel-Air and departmental councilor ·
Jacky Mamou, president of Urgence Darfour and ex-president of Médecins du monde ·
Hélène Mannarino, host ·
André Manoukian, artist ·
Chris Marques, sanseur ·
Alexandra Martin, MP for Alpes-Maritimes ·
Éric Marty, writer, academic ·
Evagoras Mavrommatis, president of the Cypriot community in France and the rest of Europe ·
Ophélie Meunier, presenter ·
Jean-Pierre Mignard, lawyer ·
Claude Mutafian, historian ·
Éric Naulleau , writer ·
Vincent Nioré, lawyer ·
Nicolas Offenstadt, French historian ·
Richard Orlinski, artist ·
Pierre Ouzoulias, vice-president of the Senate, senator from Hauts-de-Seine ·
Benjamin Patou, businessman ·
Caroline Proust, actress ·
Audrey Pulvar, deputy mayor of Paris ·
Stéphane Ravier, senator for Bouches-du-Rhône ·
Robert Redeker, philosopher ·
François Rochebloine, former deputy for Loire ·
Anne Roumanoff, comedian ·
René Rouquet, former deputy for Val-de-Marne ·
Michèle Rubirola, first deputy to the mayor of Marseille ·
Daniel Salvatore Schiffer , philosopher ·
Romaric Sangars, writer ·
Isabelle Santiago, deputy for Val-de-Marne ·
Levon Sayan, president of Aznavour for Armenia ·
Bernard Schalscha, editorialist for the Rules of the Game ·
Dominique Schnapper, sociologist, director of studies at EHESS, member honorary of the Constitutional Council ·
Steve Suissa, director ·
Francis Szpiner, senator of Paris ·
Rachid Temal, senator of Val-d’Oise ·
Yves Ternon, historian ·
Seta Theodoridis, president of the Hellenic Community of Paris and surrounding areas ·
Titoff, comedian ·
Anouch Toranian, assistant to the mayor of Paris ·
Thibaud Vézirian, journalist ·
Charles Villeneuve, journalist ·
Olivier Weber, writer ·
Ariel Weil, mayor of Paris Center ·
Tigrane Yegavian, analyst, journalist and teacher ·
Jean-Claude Zylberstein, lawyer, editor, writer

I knew that Hidalgo would be the first in the list

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