YEREVAN. – On Tuesday morning, a delegation, led by led by chairperson Valentina Matviyenko of the Federation Council of Russia, paid a visit to the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia (PHOTOS).
Matviyenko was accompanied by National Assembly of Armenia Vice President Hermine Naghdalyan, and Russian Ambassador Ivan Volinkin.
She laid a wreath and placed flowers to the Genocide monument, and paid tribute to the 1.5 million victims of this tragedy.
The speaker of the Russian Federation Council also toured the exhibits in the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, where she could not hold back her tears.
At the end of the tour, Valentina Matviyenko signed the Book of Condolences of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute.
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