04.12.2025


On December 4, Hugues Moret, Special Envoy of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial.

The guests were welcomed by Lusine Abrahamyan, Deputy Director for Museum Affairs of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute. She guided the guests to the Armenian Genocide Memorial, presenting the history of its creation. The AGMI Deputy Director also referred to the three khachkars (cross-stones) placed in the Tsitsernakaberd area in memory of the Armenians who fell victim to the massacres organized by the Azerbaijani government in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak), and Baku at the end of the last century, as well as the stories of the five freedom fighters buried in front of the Memory Wall during the Artsakh struggle for survival, emphasizing the connection between what happened then and the Armenian Genocide.

The members of the delegation from France laid flowers at the Eternal Fire and observed a minute of silence to honor the memory of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide.

Lusine Abrahamyan guided them to the Memory Wall, behind which, in special niches, small jars are interred containing soil taken from the graves of a number of foreign public figures, politicians, intellectuals, and missionaries who raised their voices of protest against the massacres and genocide of Armenians perpetrated by the Turkish government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The guests listened with great interest, particularly regarding the pro-Armenian activities of Anatole France and Dartige du Fournet.

They toured the Armenian Genocide Museum and became acquainted with the permanent and temporary exhibitions. Afterward, Mr. Hugues Moret left a note in the Book of Honorary Guests.