UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PAYS TRIBUTE TO MEMORY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS
ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 11, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 11, ARMENPRESS: Foreign Minister of Ukraine
Konstantin Grishchenko, who is on an official visit to Armenia,
visited today the Tsitsernakaberd (Swallow's Fortress) memorial
and put a wreath on the monument for the memory of the victims of
the Armenian Genocide. At the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute,
Konstantin Grishchenko got acquainted with the museum's exhibits and
photos on the Genocide, committed 1915 by Ottoman Turkey.
'The visit to the Tsitsernakaberd memorial made an unforgettable
impression on me. The pain, the Armenian nation experienced 1915, is
understandable and not alien for the Ukrainian people, who experienced
the most tragic page of their history in 1932-1933. I wish to the
friendly nation of Armenia economic stability and prosperity,'
according to Grishchenko's note in the commemoration book of the
museum. Konstantin Grishchenko planted a fir tree in the Memory Park
of the Tsitsernakaberd memorial.
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 11, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 11, ARMENPRESS: Foreign Minister of Ukraine
Konstantin Grishchenko, who is on an official visit to Armenia,
visited today the Tsitsernakaberd (Swallow's Fortress) memorial
and put a wreath on the monument for the memory of the victims of
the Armenian Genocide. At the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute,
Konstantin Grishchenko got acquainted with the museum's exhibits and
photos on the Genocide, committed 1915 by Ottoman Turkey.
'The visit to the Tsitsernakaberd memorial made an unforgettable
impression on me. The pain, the Armenian nation experienced 1915, is
understandable and not alien for the Ukrainian people, who experienced
the most tragic page of their history in 1932-1933. I wish to the
friendly nation of Armenia economic stability and prosperity,'
according to Grishchenko's note in the commemoration book of the
museum. Konstantin Grishchenko planted a fir tree in the Memory Park
of the Tsitsernakaberd memorial.
From: A. Papazian