30.04.2024


The delegation headed by Ronan Le Gleut, a member of the French Senate, a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Defense and Armed Forces, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on April 30, accompanied by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Armenia, Olivier Decottignies.

Lusine Abrahamyan, AGMI Deputy Director for Museum Affairs, welcomed the guests. She then accompanied them round the Genocide Memorial complex, presenting the history of its creation. Emphasising the connection with the Armenian Genocide, Mrs. Lusine Abrahamyan 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, emphasising the connection between what happened then and the Armenian Genocide.

Mr. Ronan Le Gleut laid a wreath at the memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, 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.

The guests also toured the Armenian Genocide Museum, accompanied by Hasmik Martirosyan, senior tour guide of AGMI, got acquainted with the permanent and the new temporary exhibition, dedicated to the francophone, “Pro Armenia: For You Armenia”, after which Mr. Ronan Le Gleut left a note in the Memory Book for Honoured Guests.

Expressing thanks for the visit, the honorable guest was presented with some books about the Armenian Genocide.