22/11/2010 10:12
French actor Gérard Depardieu calls on to support Armenian Fund
Famous French actor Gérard Depardieu has appealed for donations to help Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh in a video posted on YouTube, French reporter Jean Eckian told Aysor.am.
The artist who has forged ties with Armenia by his friend Metzo Ikitian, President of the Foundation for Development of Armenian culture, bowed to the flame Memorial Tsitsernakaberd early September. On this occasion, he met President Sargsyan at the invitation of Foundation for Development of Armenian Culture.
This year famous French jazz musician André Manoukian is the sponsor of the Armenian Fund of France.
Donations are recorded at this time more than ten percent over last year. In 2009, France had collected EUR 1.3m euros.