Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg visited the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial on Thursday, November 14.

Thunberg was greeted by Edita Gzoyan, the Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, Armenpress reports.

Gzoyan accompanied Thunberg to the complex and presented the history of its foundation.

Thunberg observed a moment of silence at the Eternal Flame in honor of the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims, the institute said in a press release.

Gzoyan presented the story of the three khachkars at Tsitsernakaberd, dedicated to the Armenians who perished in massacres orchestrated by the Azerbaijani government in Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak), and Baku in the late 20th century. Gzoyan also highlighted the stories of five freedom fighters interred before the Memory Wall, who lost their lives in the Nagorno-Karabakh war, underscoring the continuing relevance of the Armenian Genocide in the context of persecution and violence against Armenians.

The director of the institute presented the work of international scholars, missionaries, politicians and public figures who raised their voice of protest against the massacres and genocide perpetrated by the Turkish government in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Thunberg listened to the story of Swedish missionary Alma Johansson with particular interest.