YEREVAN (Combined Sources)—The Armenian Genocide was “was a crime against humanity and civilization,” said the chairwoman of Russian Federal Council (Senate), during a visit to Dzidzernageprt memorial monument on Thursday.
Valentina Matviyenko led a delegation to the Armenian Genocide Museum and Institute and laid a wreath at the memorial.
“No matter how many centuries pass, such crimes can never be forgotten nor can they be repeated again,” said Matviyenko adding that it was the right decision by the Armenians to build such a memorial dedicated to the innocent victims. “As long as the memory lives on, such things will never happen again.”
The visiting dignitary was given a guided tour of the Museum-Institute, after which she signed the Book of Records and watered the tree she had planted on an earlier visit to the “Memory Garden.”
At a press conference later Thursday with Armenia’s Parliament Speaker Hovig Abrahamian, Matviyenko said the Russian Federal Council was interested in strengthening cooperation with Armenia’s National Assembly.
Matviyenko added that since establishment of diplomatic relations, Armenia and Russia have reached mutually beneficial cooperation in most different spheres.
“Armenia is an active member of the CSTO and the Armenian-Russian military-technical cooperation is productively developing within that framework,” said Matviyenko.
Abrahamian praised Armenian-Russian cooperation adding that the visit of the delegation will further contribute to the development of that cooperation.
And what would President Obama and Hillary Clinton would say. The Armenians are waiting. Say it for God’s sake. It is a shame.
Armenia needs to move even closer to the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) economically and politically. Closer ties will only benefit Armenia.
God bless Mother Russia. Without her there would not be an Armenia today.
Armenia is just a vassal state of Russia, nothing more, nothing less.