YEREVAN. – The Global Forum Against the Crime of Genocide will be convened on Saturday in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia.
Suren Manukyan, Deputy Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, stated about the aforementioned at a press conference on Monday.
In his words, this is a very important event because Armenia has declared itself a country that fights against all genocides.
“We [i.e. Armenians] are the pioneers of the battle for non-recurrence of genocides,” Manukyan stressed. “The forum, which will be held in Armenia once every two years, can become a permanent format that will assemble many famous politicians and scholars of the world.”
He added, however, that the Aurora Prize awards ceremony, which will take place in Yerevan on Sunday, April 24, 2016—the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide—definitely will have great publicity, too.
“These two events are the logical continuation of the road last year,” Suren Manukyan continued. “Last year, we tried to prove that we stand not as a victim people, but a fighting people. This fight is divided into two fronts: The humanitarian—we help all other peoples—, and juridical—we call for the punishment of the criminals and the prevention of the crime of genocide.”