EAJ delegation visits Armenian Genocide memorial 

ArmInfo.  Members of the European Association of Judges (EAJ) visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex to the Victims of the Armenian Genocide.

As reported by the press service of the Armenian Genocide  Museum-Institute, more than 70 delegates from about 40 countries were  welcomed by the Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute  Edita Gzoyan, who told the guests about the history of the creation  of the Memorial.

The Director of AGMI also touched upon the three khachkars installed  on the territory of Tsitsernakaberd in memory of the Armenians who  became victims of the massacres organized by the government of  Azerbaijan in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak) and Baku at  the end of the last century, emphasizing the connection of what  happened with the Armenian Genocide.

Judges from different countries laid flowers at the eternal flame and  honored the memory of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide  with a minute of silence. Edita Gzoyan also introduced the guests to  the history of the memorial stones installed on the back of the  Memorial Wall.

These special niches of the collection contain small jars filled with  soil taken from the graves of a number of foreign public figures,  politicians, intellectuals and missionaries who raised their voices  in protest against the massacres and genocide of Armenians committed  by the Turkish government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  The guests also visited the Armenian Genocide Museum, where they were  introduced to the permanent and temporary exhibitions. At the end of  the visit, members of the European Union of Judges planted a silver  fir in the Memorial Park in memory of the victims of the Armenian  Genocide.