The newly appointed Ambassador of France to Armenia, Anne Louyot, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial in the capital Yerevan, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute reports.
The director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Harutyun Marutyan also presented to the guests the story of 3 khachkars (cross-stones) placed in the area of Tsitsernakaberd, which are dedicated to the memory of the Armenians who died during the ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population in Azerbaijan at the end of the last century.
Ambassador Louyot laid a wreath at the Armenian Genocide Monument.
Also, the guests placed flowers at the Eternal Flame and observed a minute of silence in memory of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide.
Also, the French ambassador toured the Armenian Genocide Museum, made a note in its book of honored guests, and then visited the museum's gallery where an exhibition, entitled "Jansem: A Painter of Medz Yeghern (Armenian Genocide)," is presented.
