Shortly after being inaugurated, President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian visited the Yerablur Military Pantheon of Yerevan to pay tribute to those sacrificed their lives for the independence of their country, Armenpress reports.
Accompanied by defense minister Vigen Sargsyan, the new President of Armenia laid flowers at the tombs of Sparapet Vazgen Sargsyan, Commander Andranik Ozanyan, and laid a wreath at the memorial of the fallen soldiers of the Artsakh War.
The military choir of the Defense Ministry was performing the anthem of the Armed Forces in the pantheon.