YEREVAN. – President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan visited Sardarapat Memorial on the 96th anniversary of the declaration of the First Republic of Armenia, and laid a wreath to the Victory Memorial (photo).  

Serzh Sargsyan was accompanied by NKR President Bako Sahakyan, Armenian Speaker Galust Sahakyan, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I, ministers, foreign diplomats and servicemen.

After laying flowers at the Memorial, officials watched a concert and visited the ethnography museum, the Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent reported.

Armenia celebrates First Republic Day on May 28. The May 28 celebrations in Armenia are traditionally held at Sardarapat Memorial, which eternalizes the memory of the Armenian heroes who prevented a Turkish invasion of Armenia in 1918.