Emile Lahoud is the great-grandson of Takouhi Kalebjian and Minas Sagerian on his maternal side who were from Adabazar , Ottoman Empire ( now Adapazari , Republic of Turkey ) . Adabazar is located about 50 miles ( 80 kilometers ) outside Istanbul on the Black Sea . Both Minas and Takouhi were massacred during the Armenian Genocide which occurred under the rule of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. in 2001 , Lahoud visited Armenia . In his short working visit , he found time to walk around Yerevan and visit Tsitsernakaberd , the Armenia Genocide memorial complex and laid a wreath at the eternal flame in the memory of the victims
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Émile Lahoud