28.10.2022
Deputies of the French National Assembly, accompanied by the head of the Armenia-France friendship group of the Republic of Armenia’s National Assembly, Vladimir Vardanyan, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on October 28.
The guests were welcomed by Lusine Abrahamyan, AGMI Deputy Director for Museum Affairs, who described the history of the creation of the memorial. She also presented 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 French 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 museum guide Liana Azizyan where they became acquainted with the permanent and temporary exhibitions. At the end of the visit, the members of the delegation made notes in the Memory Book for Honorable Guests.
