YEREVAN. – Armenian parliament paid tribute to those killed in Kyiv with a moment of silence before the opening of a four-day session on Monday.

MP from opposition ANC Levon Zurabyan offered to start the parliament's session with a moment of silence for those “who were killed in Kyiv as a result of use of deadly weapons by the authorities”. He noted that “use of force by the authorities against demonstrators is a bad thing”.

In turn, speaker Hovik Abrahamyan offered to pay tribute to all people that were killed, including the officers of internal ministry. He was supported by MP from the Republican Party of Armenia Margarit Yesayan who called on opposition not to use the developments in other country to gain political dividends.