YEREVAN, MAY 3, ARMENPRESS. By the April 2 order of Galust Sahakyan, Vice President of the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov handed a NA Medal of Honor to the Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Hayk Demoyan, and the NA President’s Memorial Medal to the Deputy Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Suren Manukyan on May 3 for international awareness raising of Armenian Genocide and contribution to the recognition of the Genocide. As “Armenpress” was informed from the press service of the parliament of Armenia, Eduard Sharmazanov also handed awards to a number of staff members of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute.

The Deputy Director on Museum Works of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Lusine Abrahamyan was awarded with National Assembly Diploma, guides of the Museum Haykuhi Gevorgyan, Anzhela Tevekelyan, Astghik Yedigaryan, guards of the Museum exhibits Arpine Aleksanyan, Varduhi Shogheryan, the Head of the Service Department of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Structure Tumas Tumasyan were awarded with NA President’s Letters of Appreciation.

The Vice President of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov, handing the awards and congratulating the recipients, thanked Hayk Demoyan, as well as the staff of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute for their large scale and patriotic work. In the NA Vice President’s word, due to the Museum employees’ professional and consistent work the tragedy that occurred to the Armenians a century ago becomes accessible and understandable for numerous delegates who have visited the Museum from different corners of the world.

The Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Hayk Demoyan thanked the NA Vice President for the awards, noting that they oblige them to work better in future.

Afterwards the Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Hayk Demoyan on behalf of the Museum awarded the NA Vice President Eduard Sharmazanov with James Bryce Golden Memorial Medal for supporting the events organized by the Museum on the occasion of the Armenian Genocide Centennial.