23.09.2022


The newly appointed ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to Armenia (residence: Moscow), Mr. Marcos Gomez Martinez, who arrived in Armenia on an official visit, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on September 23, accompanied by Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Spain in Armenia Armine Adamyan.

The guests were welcomed by the AGMI Deputy Director for Museum Affairs Lusine Abrahamyan, who presented the history of the creation of the Memorial. She gave the delegation the history of the three khachkars placed in the Tsitsernakaberd area in memory of the Armenians who died in the massacres organised by the Azerbaijani government in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak), and Baku in the last century.

The guests 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 Lusine Abrahamyan and toured the temporary and permanent exhibitions there.

At the end of the visit Mr. Marcos Gomez Martinez left a note in the Memory Book for Honorable Guests.