Armenia and South Korea have shared same fate

President of the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia, Galust Sahakyan, on Friday received a South Korean parliamentary delegation, led by Noh Young-min, head of the South Korea-Armenia Friendship Group at the NA of South Korea. First, Sahakyan underscored the development of Armenian-South Korean relations, and especially stressed the deepening of parliamentary ties between the two countries.

He also highly appreciated South Korea’s balanced approach toward matters that are of importance to Armenia. In addition, Galust Sahakyan spoke about the Armenian NA initiative entitled “Parliamentarians against Genocide,” wherewith the parliaments of the world are urged to condemn genocides around the world.

Noh Young-min, for his part, noted that, before visiting the Armenian parliament, he and his delegation had been to the Armenian Genocide Memorial in capital city Yerevan. In addition, he had gotten familiarized with the items displayed at the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, where he had experienced a great pain in seeing the evidence of the tragedy that befell the Armenian people.

The head of the Korea-Armenia Friendship Group of the South Korean parliament added that his country and Armenia have shared the same respective fate. Furthermore, Noh Young-min presented to the Armenian parliament leader his book titled Contemporary Tragedies, whose first chapter is devoted to the Armenian Genocide. At the end of the talk, Galust Sahakyan awarded Noh Young-min with the Medal of Honor of the National Assembly of Armenia, and in recognition of his efforts to strengthen Armenian-South Korean friendship ties.