The victims of the Armenian Genocide were commemorated in Nagorno Karabakh. Many thousands of people moved to the Stepanakert Memorial Complex from the morning. 11 a.m. NKR leaders headed by President Arkady Ghukasian came to lay flowers to the Memorial of the Victims of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey. Priests of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church offered a liturgy for the peace of the souls of the victims of the tragedy. April 23 a number of youth organizations of Nagorno Karabakh with the support of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport and Stepanakert Administration arranged planting of trees around the Memorial. The number of the trees planed totaled 90. Each of them has a label with the name of the inhabited area, where the Armenian Genocide was held, Regnum news agency reported.