2018 SPRING EVENTS IN ARMENIA AND THE REACTION OF THE FRENCH-ARMENIAN COMMUNITY

Abstract

This article discusses the reaction of French-Armenians towardsArmenian “Velvet Revolution” and describes the sequence of actionsduring those days. The bases for the research can be considered the socialwebsites such as: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, various news websites aswell as a series of statements made by officials, interviews with thecommunity members.One of the main conclusions of the research is that the FrenchArmenian community can be considered one of the most active Armeniancommunities whose voice can be heard even in French political circles. Itbecame obvious that the community members have their own policy andideas how to strengthen the relations between Diaspora and Armenia. Onthis way, the research enables us to find out that there are great ideologicaldifferences between the Armenian old and new communities in France.