Lithuania's President visits Armenian Genocide memorialMay 20, 2022 - 14:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 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. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. Partner news | Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |