March 5, 2012 - 14:20 AMT
Sumgait pogroms commemorated in Buenos Aires

On March 4, liturgy was served in St. Grigor Lusavorich Church of Buenos Aires in memory of the victims of Sumgait pogroms.

After the event the participants laid a wreath at the monument dedicated to the Armenian Genocide victims in the church yard.

A ceremony was further held in the church recalling the massacres in Sumgait, during which Armenian ambassador to Argentina Vladimir Karmirshalyan and representative of Armenian-Argentine intelligentsia Bedros Hajian delivered speeches, Armenian MFA press service reported.