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RUSSIAN, ARMENIAN PRESIDENTS LAY WREATHS TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS MEMORIAL
Interfax, Russia
Dec 2 2013
YEREVAN. Dec 2
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is in Armenia on a state visit,
and his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan have laid wreaths at the
memorial for Armenian Genocide victims in the Ottoman empire in 1915.
After the wreath-laying ceremony a military band played the national
anthems of Russia and Armenia.
The two presidents observed a minute of silence for the 1.5 million
genocide victims.
About 200 trees were planted by presidents and prime ministers and
public figures from different countries on Memory Alley. Putin planted
a pine tree during an official visit to Armenia in September 2001.
The Memorial was built in 1967. It is located on a hill in
Tsitsernakaberd (Swallow's Fortress) Park and can be seen from
different parts of Yerevan.
Earlier on Monday Putin laid a wreath to the monument for victims of
the Spitak earthquake.
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Interfax, Russia
Dec 2 2013
YEREVAN. Dec 2
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is in Armenia on a state visit,
and his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan have laid wreaths at the
memorial for Armenian Genocide victims in the Ottoman empire in 1915.
After the wreath-laying ceremony a military band played the national
anthems of Russia and Armenia.
The two presidents observed a minute of silence for the 1.5 million
genocide victims.
About 200 trees were planted by presidents and prime ministers and
public figures from different countries on Memory Alley. Putin planted
a pine tree during an official visit to Armenia in September 2001.
The Memorial was built in 1967. It is located on a hill in
Tsitsernakaberd (Swallow's Fortress) Park and can be seen from
different parts of Yerevan.
Earlier on Monday Putin laid a wreath to the monument for victims of
the Spitak earthquake.
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