make preferableYEREVAN. – The President of Armenia, Armen Sarkissian, on Friday morning placed flowers at Alexander Myasnikyan Monument.
The President paid his respects to those who died during the tragic events that occurred in capital city Yerevan, in March 2008.
On March 1 and 2, 2008 the then authorities of Armenia used force against the opposition members who were rallying in downtown Yerevan, and against the results of the presidential election on February 19, 2008. Eight demonstrators as well as two servicemen of the internal troops were killed in the clashes. But no one had been brought to account for these deaths, to this day.
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