YEREVAN. – A monument, devoted to the victims of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, will open in Armenia’s capital city Yerevan.

Negotiations are underway with Yerevan Municipality for the location of the memorial, Deputy FM Sergey Manaseryan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.   

In his words, the monument is planned to be placed near Downtown Yerevan.

“The memorial is in Armenia and, now, the matter of design is being resolved. The monument was brought from Hiroshima. It is a not-too-large, portable stone. It symbolizes the innocent victims,” Manaseryan added.   

To note, as a result of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during the final stages of World War II in 1945, some 70 thousand people were killed immediately and another 70 thousand died sometime thereafter, and due to injuries and radiation.