President of the European Council pays tribute to Armenian Genocide victims
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04.07.2012 13:49
President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy visited the
Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex accompanied by Armenian Foreign
Minister Edward Nalbandian, visited.
President of the European Council laid a wreath at the memorial to the
Armenian Genocide victims, after which members of the delegation put
flowers at the Eternal Fire and honored the memory of the innocent
victims with a minute of silence.
President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy and his delegation
also visited the Armenian Genocide Museum where the director of the
Armenian Genocide Museum – Institute Hayk Demoyan introduced the
guests to the temporary exhibition titled `Book as a witness of the
Genocide’ dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the Armenian printing
and proclamation of Yerevan as 2012 World Book Capital City by UNESCO.
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