15.11.2022


A delegation led by Kypros Giorgallis, the newly appointed ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to Armenia (residence in Moscow), visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on November 15.

The guests were welcomed by Harutyun Marutyan, AGMI Director who narrated the history of the creation of the memorial. He also told 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 killed during the Artsakh buried and buried in front of the Memory Wall (Hushapat) war, emphasizing the connection between what happened then and the Armenian Genocide.

They honoured the memory of one and a half million innocent martyrs of the Armenian Genocide with a minute’s silence near the Eternal Fire.

Lusine Abrahamyan accompanied the American guests to the Memory Wall, the reverse of which holds relics of foreign public figures, politicians, and missionaries who raised the voice of protest against the Armenian Genocide carried out by the Turkish government.

They also toured the Armenian Genocide Museum and became acquainted with the permanent and temporary exhibitions there, after which Mr. Kypros Giorgallis made a note in the Memory Book for Honourable Guests.

At the end of the visit Lusine Abrahamyan presented the honoured guest with a copy of the book “The Armenian Genocide Through the Cypriot Press 1914-1923 With Reference to Earlier Massacres”.