At the end of April a traditional pilgrimage was held to Syrian desert of Der Zor, where hundreds of thousand Armenians were slaughtered during the Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915. Diaspora representatives, descendants of the killed Armenians took part in the pilgrimage. A requiem was served at the Der Zor chapel and the message of Berio Armenian Apostolic Church head, bishop Shahan Sargsyan was read.

A delegation from Armenian lead by Deputy FM, Ambassador to Syria Levon Sargsyan and Consul General to Aleppo Armen Melkonyan took part in the pilgrimage, reports the Press Service of the Armenian MFA.