ArmInfo.President of the Republic of Moldova Igor Dodon together with his wife Galina Dodon paid tribute to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex. They were accompanied by Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan.
President Dodon laid a wreath at the Memorial, then laid flowers to the Eternal Flame, after which they visited the Museum-Institute of the Armenian Genocide. In the memorial book of the Museum-Institute of the Armenian Genocide, President Dodon wrote: "Historical documents, photographs and eyewitness accounts of the tragic events that fell to the lot of the Armenian people more than 100 years ago left a deep impression and indelible mark on my soul. I wholeheartedly and sincerely wish the Armenian people peace, good, harmony and prosperity. " In the square near the Museum, President Dodon planted a spruce.
Note that at the invitation of President Serzh Sargsyan on November 9-11, President of the Republic of Moldova Igor Dodon, accompanied by his wife Galina Dodon, arrived in Armenia on an official visit. In the course of the visit, Serzh Sargsyan highly appreciated Dodon's visit to Yerevan, which is taking place in the year of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Moldovan leader expressed his conviction that the Armenia-Moldova relations are reaching a new level of development. As Sargsyan pointed out at a joint briefing with Moldovan counterpart Igor Dodon, for the first nine months of 2017 the trade turnover between Armenia and Moldova increased by 33%. "Despite the fact that compared to the previous period for the first 9 months of 2017, the trade turnover between Armenia and Moldova increased by 33%, while the export of Armenian products by 2.1 times, we can not be satisfied with this and it is necessary to support business to give this growth trend a stable character, "Sargsyan said.