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    RUSSIAN, ARMENIAN PRESIDENTS LAY WREATHS TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS MEMORIAL

    Interfax, Russia
    Dec 2 2013

    YEREVAN. Dec 2

    Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is in Armenia on a state visit,
    and his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan have laid wreaths at the
    memorial for Armenian Genocide victims in the Ottoman empire in 1915.

    After the wreath-laying ceremony a military band played the national
    anthems of Russia and Armenia.

    The two presidents observed a minute of silence for the 1.5 million
    genocide victims.

    About 200 trees were planted by presidents and prime ministers and
    public figures from different countries on Memory Alley. Putin planted
    a pine tree during an official visit to Armenia in September 2001.

    The Memorial was built in 1967. It is located on a hill in
    Tsitsernakaberd (Swallow's Fortress) Park and can be seen from
    different parts of Yerevan.

    Earlier on Monday Putin laid a wreath to the monument for victims of
    the Spitak earthquake.

    Sd mk

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