Acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today visited the Yerablour Military Pantheon and paid his respects to those who sacrificed their lives in defense of the country’s independence.

Pashinyan laid flowers at the graves of military commanders Vazgen Sargsyan and Andranik Ozanian, and freedom fighter Arayik Khandoyan.

Accompanied by Armenian President Armen Sarkissian and Catholicos Garegin II, Pashinyan then placed a wreath at a memorial commemorating freedom fighters who died in battle.