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The French great actor, filmmaker, producer Gérard Depardieu is in Armenia to take part in the Cultural International Festival Karot. We’ll note that the International Festival Karot is held under the patronage of RA National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan. On September 4 during the meeting with the journalists in the National Assembly the world famous actor noted that he was very happy to take part in the festival.

According to the actor, the word ‘karot’ is very interesting and peculiar for him and his compatriots, as the French does not have a word describing the feeling of ‘nostalgia.’ “Anyway, that feeling is very special for you, Armenians, due to circumstances,” he said noticing that the meaning of that word is characteristic to a country having 3 million population in the Motherland and 7 million people outside its borders. “In France I am familiar with numerous Armenians. I know why the Armenians are there. I know what the genocide means, that it took place in 1915,” the French world famous actor Gérard Depardieu. “Today I visited the Genocide victims’ Complex, and it greatly impressed me,” the world famous actor noted. “I think that Turkey has already begun the process of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Here I don’t want to speak about the politics, but I know that there are countries that have raised that issue before Turkey,” Depardieu announced adding that in his opinion “here the culture plays a big role.” Depardieu noted that he was familiar with the representatives of the 4^th generation of the Armenians, who have settled in France. They speak in that language, which is theirs, and in the language of the country, which have accepted them. “I know that today many Armenians living in France, want to find again their country, Armenia. One thing always surprises me: they have never forgotten either their traditions or their language.” He noted that he would be very glad to make a film about a period of Armenia with the actors of Armenian origin.