Emirates News Agency, UAE
July 19, 2017 Wednesday 3:15 PM EST


Abdullah bin Zayed visits Armenian Genocide Memorial, pays respect to victims



YEREVAN, Armenia, 19th July, 2017 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin
Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation, on Tuesday visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex
as part of his official visit to Armenia. He was accompanied by Armen
Papikyan, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Hayk Demoyan,
Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, and Dr. Jassim
Mohammed Mubarak Al Qasimi, UAE Ambassador to Armenia.

At the start of his visit, Sheikh Abdullah placed a wreath on the
memorial commemorating the 1.5 million Armenians killed by the
Ottomans during the Armenian Genocide in 1915. The UAE Minister also
observed a minute's silence for the martyrs, and placed flowers under
a 1.5 metre deep "eternal flame", which burns throughout the year in
memory of those who died.

Sheikh Abdullah expressed his appreciation at the privilege of
visiting he monument, stressing the UAE's keenness to promote the
values of tolerance and peaceful coexistence among people and spread
those messages throughout the world.

The memorial, which was built in 1967, is located on the hill of
Tsitsernakaberd overlooking Yerevan and receives hundreds of thousands
of visitors every year. Many thousands gather there on April 24th each
year to mark Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.