16.06.2022


The delegation led by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejčinović Burić, who arrived in Armenia on an official visit, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on June 16 accompanied by the RA Deputy Foreign Minister Paruyr Hovhannisyan.

The guests were welcomed by the AGMI Deputy Director for Museum Affairs Lusine Abrahamyan, who presented the history of the memorial, as well as, the history of the memorial and the history of the creation of the Memorial. She also related the story of the 3 khachkars placed in Tsitsernakaberd Park and dedicated to the memory of the Armenians who perished during the ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population within Azerbaijan at the end of the last century.

The members of the delegation from Europe laid flowers at the Eternal Fire and observed a minute of silence in memory of the innocent martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.

The guests also visited the Armenian Genocide Museum accompanied by Deputy Director for Museum Affairs Lusine Abrahamyan, and toured the temporary and permanent exhibitions there, after which Marija Pejčinović Burić left a note in the Memory Book of Honorable Guests.