April 24, 2013 | 16:12
YEREVAN.- On the occasion of its first official visit to Armenia, members and participants of the newly created EU-Armenia Friendship Group in the European Parliament attended and paid respects at the memorial ceremony of the Armenian Genocide held at the Tsiternakapert Genocide memorial 
monument in Yerevan.
Members of the delegation took part in the laying of the wreath ceremony and also visited the Genocide memorial museum afterwards, the group said in a statement.
“We will never forget the victims of the Armenian Genocide carried out by the authoritarian Young Turks government in 1915. We will continue fighting for the restoration of the human rights of all people on earth whose rights are being compromised,” said President of the EU-Armenia Friendship Group leader of the delegation Dr Eleni Theocharous.
The group was joined by Valérie Boyer, a French member of Parliament and author of the Armenian Genocide bill.
“I am very touched to be in Yerevan for this occasion. It is an absolute necessity to for the Armenian Genocide to gain international recognition. Recognition is a question of dignity and honour, not only to recognize the past but also to reinforce ideals of human rights which are of great importance to world we live in today,” Boyer said.