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Alina Hovhannisyan

The Swiss Foreign Minister honored the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

The Swiss Foreign Minister honored the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

ArmInfo. A delegation led by Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ignazio Cassis visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex.

According to a statement from the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, Cassis was accompanied by Kristina Tataryan, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports of Armenia; Hasmik Tolmadjyan, Ambassador of Armenia to Switzerland; and Andrea Barbara Baumann, Ambassador of Switzerland to Armenia. Acting Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Hrachya Tashchyan introduced the guests to the history of the memorial complex, its architectural features, and its significance. Ignazio Cassis laid a wreath at the memorial, which commemorates the victims of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The guests then honored their memory with a minute of silence at the Eternal Flame. The delegation toured the permanent and temporary exhibitions at the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, dedicated to the history of the Genocide and its consequences. Following the tour, the head of the delegation, Ignazio Cassis, signed the museum's Guest Book.

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