05.06.2024


The delegation led by the Vice President of the French Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur Department, Mayor of Aix-en-Provence Sophie Joissains visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial.

Lusine Abrahamyan, AGMI Deputy Director for Museum Affairs, welcomed the guests. She then accompanied them round the Genocide Memorial complex, presenting the history of its creation. Emphasising the connection with the Armenian Genocide, Mrs. Lusine Abrahamyan also narrated the history of the three khachkars placed in Tsitsernakaberd in memory of the Armenians who died in the massacres organized by the government of Azerbaijan in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak), and Baku at the end of the 20th century, as well as the stories of the five freedom fighters buried in front of the Memory Wall who died during the Artsakh struggle for survival, emphasising the connection between what happened then and the Armenian Genocide.

Mrs. Sophie Joissains laid a wreath at the memorial complex, after which the accompanying guests put flowers at the Eternal Fire and observed a minute’s silence in memory of the innocent martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.

Expressing thanks for the visit, AGMI Deputy Director for Museum Affairs Lusine Abrahamyan presented the honorable guest with some books about the Armenian Genocide.