Armenian Government Honours Armenian Genocide Victims

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan arrived at the memorial complex "Tsitsernakaberd" accompanied by President Vahagn Khachaturyan, Speaker of Parliament Alain Simonyan, ministers and other officials. They laid wreaths at the memorial and flowers at the Eternal Fire.

Today Armenia celebrates the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and subsequent years in the Ottoman Empire. Nearly 30 countries have recognized this fact at the national level. International bodies have also adopted a number of resolutions and declarations and, within the framework of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Armenia’s document "Prevention of genocide".