09.11.2022


Members of the Greek parliament visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on November 9.

Edita Gzoyan, Deputy Scientific Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, welcomed the guests. She provided the delegation with the history of the three khachkars placed in the Tsitsernakaberd area in memory of the Armenians who died in the massacres in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak) and Baku in the last century that were organised by the Azerbaijani government. She also told the stories of the five freedom fighters buried in front of the Memorial Wall (Hushapat) who were killed during the Artsakh war, stressing the link with the Armenian Genocide.

The Greek guests placed flowers near the Eternal Fire and observed a minute’s silence in memory of the innocent martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.

Edita Gzoyan accompanied the American guests to the Memory Wall, the reverse of which holds relics of foreign public figures, politicians, and missionaries who raised their voices in protest at the Armenian Genocide carried out by the Ottoman government.

The guests also toured the Armenian Genocide Museum accompanied by Liana Azizyan, an AGMI guide becoming acquainted with its permanent and temporary exhibitions. The guests made notes in the Memory Book for Honorable Guests at the end of the visit.