YEREVAN. – Along the lines of their visit to Armenia, members from the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union, led by Head of Group John Whittingdale, on Tuesday paid a visit to the Armenian Genocide Memorial in capital city Yerevan.

The British guests placed flowers to the Genocide Monument, and paid respects to the innocent victims of the genocide, informs the Armenian National Assembly press service.

The British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union members also met with director Hayk Demoyan of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute. Demoyan gave the guests information about the Armenian Genocide, and showed them documentaries and documents on this tragedy.

Subsequently, the British MPs shared their impressions with the members of the media.

“The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide is drawing near, and we plan to mark it in Great Britain. It is very important that what occurred is never forgotten, and that’s why we are here,” Whittingdale specifically noted.

“The entire civilized world must unite to acknowledge the terrible crime that occurred in Western Armenia. [But] I am filled with pride to the fact that the Armenians have never been defeated,” UK House of Commons member Stephen Pound said, in particular, for his part.

On the issue of the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Pound noted that he delivered a respective report in the House of Commons, earlier this month. In his view, the activities of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group are progressing at a slow pace, and the British government needs to do lot more on this matter. Stephen Pound also stated that the Nagorno-Karabakh issue must be raised at the UK parliament time and again.