Vice-president Edelgard Bulmahn of the German Bundestag (parliament), accompanied by vice president Eduard Sharmazanov of the National Assembly of Armenia, on Tuesday visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan, to pay tribute to the innocent victims.

The guests laid flowers and a wreath at the monument eternalizing the memory of the holy martyrs.

Afterwards, Bulmahn visited the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute and got familiarized with the documents attesting this tragedy of the Armenian people. At the end of the visit, Edelgard Bulmahn signed the honorary guestbook.

Speaking with reporters, deputy speaker of the Bundestag noted: “I am impressed by my visit to the museum, and I am sorry for all the suffering that the Armenian people have undergone during those years. I, as a representative of the Bundestag, shall also add the issue of Germany’s responsibility: our parliament tries to express its official attitude on the occurred events, and in that way prevent the repetition of similar crimes.”