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.