08.11.2022
Simona Halperin, Deputy Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Head of the Eurasia and Western Balkans Department and Michal Hershkovitz, Director of the Central Asia and Caucasus Department, visited the Armenian Genocide Museum on November 8, accompanied by Israel’s Ambassador to Armenia Joel Lioni and Israel’s Honorary Consul to Armenia, Ashot Shakhmuradyan.
The guests were welcomed by Harutyun Marutyan, AGMI Director, who presented the history of the creation of the memorial.
Regina Galustyan, an AGMI V. Dadrian Department of Comparative Genocide Studies researcher, introduced the Israeli guests to documents proving the first genocide of the 20th century as well as to the AGMI’s permanent and temporary exhibitions.
