YEREVAN. – The Georgia delegation which is on a two-day official visit to Armenia, and which is led by chairperson David Usupashvili of the Parliament of Georgia, on Tuesday paid a visit to the Armenian Genocide Memorial in capital city Yerevan.

The Georgian delegation was accompanied by National Assembly (NA) of Armenia Vice-Speaker Hermine Naghdalyan, and Vladimir Badalyan, a member of the interparliamentary committee on cooperation between the Armenian NA and the Georgian parliament.

The guests laid a wreath and placed flowers to the monument that eternalizes the souls of the genocide victims, and stood a minute of silence in their memory.

Usupashvili, on behalf of the Georgian people, once again expressed condolences to the Armenian nation in connection with the tragedy that occurred 100 years ago.

“We need to do everything so that such tragedies not solely do not repeat, but there would be no wars, and peace reigns in the world,” the Georgian parliament leader said.

David Usupashvili added that the Georgian nation stands with the Armenian people both in sadness and in joy.