  Indian vice president visits Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan April 25, 2017 - 13:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Indian vice president Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Tuesday, April 25 visited Tsitsernakaberd the Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan. Meeting the Indian official at Zvartnots international airport was Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandian. At Tsitsernakaberd, Ansari paid tribute to the memory of the 1.5 million victims of the first genocide of the 20th century, visited the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute and left a note in the memory book. Also, the vice president planted a fir tree in Tsitsernakaberd's Alley of Memory. During his three-day visit to Armenia, Ansari will meet with president Serzh Sargsyan, prime minister Karen Karapetyan, as well as foreign minister Nalbandian.  Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
