President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda with his spouse Diana Nausėdienė on Friday, May 20 visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute reports.

The guests were greeted by AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan, who told them the history of the creation of the Memorial.

Nausėda placed a wreath at the memorial and flowers at the Eternal Fire to honor the memory of the innocent martyrs, as well as toured the Armenian Genocide Museum and left a note in the Book of Honorable Guests.

The sides then exchanged books about the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust of the Jews.