Swiss parliamentary delegation visits Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 15, ARMENPRESS. Members of the National Council (lower house of the Federal Assembly) of Switzerland Stefan Müller-Altermatt and Michel Matter, who are in Armenia on a working visit, visited today the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan.

The guests were welcomed and introduced on the history of the creation of the Memorial by Deputy Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Lusine Abrahamyan.

The Swiss delegation members laid a wreath at the Memorial and then flowers at the Eternal Flame, paying tribute to the memory of the victims with a moment of silence.

They also toured the Genocide Museum, got acquainted with the permanent and temporary exhibits.

At the end of the visit the Swiss lawmakers left notes in the Honorary Guest Book.