Syrian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Jihad al-Laham was gifted a forget-me-not pin in memory of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Armenia’s ruling party MP Karine Achemyan told Armenian News – NEWS.am on Wednesday while briefing on the participation of the Armenian delegation in the 132nd session of IPU held in Hanoi.  

According to Achemyan, during their talk the Syrian Parliament Speaker stated that their Republic will be represented on high level in Armenian on April 24, since this is very important for Damascus.

“Syrian authorities treat Armenians with great respect, since they stay in Syria and fight for peace,” Achemyan said.  

By the end of the meeting Jihad al-Laham accepted as a gift the symbolic forget-me-not pin.