12.11.2022


OSCE Parliament Assembly deputies visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial, accompanied by a group of Republic of Armenia National Assembly deputies on November 12.

The guests were welcomed by Harutyun Marutyan, AGMI Director who narrated the history of the creation of the Memorial. He also presented them with the history of the three khachkars placed in the Tsitsernakaberd area in memory of the Armenians who died in the massacres in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak) and Baku in the last century organised by the Azerbaijani government. He also related the stories of the five freedom fighters buried in front of the Memory Wall (Hushapat) who were killed during the Artsakh war, emphasizing the connection between what happened and the Armenian Genocide.

The European guests laid flowers at the Eternal Fire and observed a minute’s silence in memory of the innocent martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.

They also toured the Armenian Genocide Museum accompanied by AGMI guide Liana Azizyan, becoming acquainted with the permanent and temporary exhibitions there, after which a representative of the Norwegian Parliament made a note in the Memory Book for Honourable Guests.

At the end of their visit, AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan, presented the guests with books about the Armenian Genocide.