23.04.2024


Hannah Thoburn, senior expert on the staff of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on April 23, accompanied by Christina Kvien, the US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia.

Edita Gzoyan, AGMI Director welcomed the guests. She then accompanied them around the Genocide Memorial complex, presenting the history of its creation. She also narrated the history of the three khachkars placed in Tsitsernakaberd in memory of the Armenians who died in the massacres organized by the government of Azerbaijan in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak), and Baku at the end of the 20th century, as well as the stories of the five freedom fighters buried in front of the Memory Wall who died during the Artsakh struggle for survival. She emphasised the connection between the Armenian Genocide and contemporary acts of persecution and violence against Armenians and also referred to the historical and legal aspects of the Artsakh issue, describing Azerbaijan's anti-Armenian actions and propaganda.

The guests laid a wreath at the memorial complex, after which the accompanying guests laid flowers at the Eternal Fire and observed a minute’s silence in memory of the innocent martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.