ArmInfo.On June 16, the delegation headed by Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejcinovic Buric, accompanied by RA Deputy Foreign Minister  Paruyr Hovhannisyan, arrived in Armenia on an official visit to the  Tsitsernakabert Memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

According to the press service of the Armenian Genocide  Museum-Institute, Deputy Director for Museum Affairs of the  Museum-Institute Lusine Abrahamyan introduced the guests to the  history of the creation of the memorial and spoke about three  khachkars installed on the territory of Tsitsernakaberd, which are  dedicated to the memory of Armenians who died during the ethnic  cleansing of the Armenian population in Azerbaijan at the end of the  last century.

Members of the CoE delegation laid flowers at the eternal fire and  honored the memory of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide  with a minute of silence.  They also got acquainted with the  permanent and temporary expositions of the Armenian Genocide Museum,  after which Mrs. Marija Pejcinovic Buric made an entry in the Book of  Honored Guests.