J-Wire Jewish Australian News Service , Australia
Jan 4 2012

NSW politician visits Armenian Holocaust Memorial

NSW State Labor MP has visited the Holocaust Memorial in Armenia.

On a recent visit to the former Soviet Republic of Armenia, State
Labor MP, Mr Walt Secord officially visited the Holocaust Memorial in
the capital city of Yerevan.

Mr Secord said the site is in Metzarents Park on Moscovian Street, in
Yerevan and was erected by the Yerevan Jewish community.

Mr Secord was in Armenia on a short visit.

He also visited the National Armenian Genocide Museum and met with
Armenian politicial leaders.

Mr Secord was elected to State Parliament in May and is deputy chair
of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel and deputy co-chair of the
NSW Parliamentary Friends of Armenia.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress