09.09.2024


Xavier Bettel, Deputy Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on September 9 during his official visit to Armenia. He was accompanied by RA Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ararat Mirzoyan.

Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, Edita Gzoyan, welcomed the guests and guided them through the Armenian Genocide Memorial, explaining the history of its creation. The ministers of both countries laid wreaths at the Memorial to the Victims of the Armenian Genocide, and the visiting dignitary placed flowers at the Eternal Fire, observing a minute of silence in honor of the innocent martyrs of the genocide.

At the end of the visit, Luxembourg's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Xavier Bettel, visited the Memory Alley and planted a silver fir tree in memory of the martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.