30.06.2022


On June 30, the newly appointed Ambassador of the State of Israel to Armenia, Joel Lion (residence in Jerusalem), visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial, accompanied by Honorary Consul of Israel in Armenia, Ashot Shakhmuradyan.

The guests were welcomed by the Deputy Scientific Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Edita Gzoyan, who presented 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.

Members of the delegation 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 Edita Gzoyan and toured the temporary and permanent exhibitions there, after which Mr. Joel Lion left a note in the Memory Book of Honorable Guests.