Presidents Francois Holland of France and Vladimir Putin of Russia and officials representing more than 50 other states joined Armenia's leaders on Friday in commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
The two men as well as the presidents of Cyprus and Serbia delivered speeches during a remembrance ceremony held at the Tsitsernakabert genocide memorial in Yerevan. The foreign dignitaries attending it included a U.S. government delegation led by Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew.
The heads of the visiting delegations walked to the memorial one by one, escorted by Armenian schoolgirls holding the national flags of their respective countries. Each foreign leader then a put a yellow rose into a wreath shaped as a forget-me-not flower, the official emblem of the commemorations of the genocide centennial.
Armenian News
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