German Foreign Minister Pays Tribute to the Memory of Armenian Genocide Victims

YEREVAN — German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex today to pay tribute to the memory of the Armenian genocide victims.

Frank Walter Steinmeier was accompanied by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Director of the Armenian genocide Museum-Institute Hayk Demoyan.

The German FM laid a wreath at the memorial to the Armenian Genocide victims and paid tribute to their memory with a minute of silence.

Hayk Demoyan presented a copy of his most recent book titled “Armenian Genocide: Front page coverage in the world press” and a stamp dedicated to Johannes Lepsius, a German missionary, Orientalist, and humanist with a special interest in trying to prevent the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.