Armenian National Assembly (NA) Vice President Eduard Sharmazanov, who also heads the NA Armenia-Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia Parliamentary Friendship Group, delivered remarks at the official opening of an exhibition devoted to the Armenian Genocide Centennial.

The event was held on Friday in Riga, the capital city of Latvia.

Sharmazanov specifically noted that the Armenian Genocide is the first genocide of the 20th century, and recorded that this exhibition presents the European press reaction, which attests to the occurrence of this tragedy.

In his words, Turkey’s Armenian Genocide denial is just as bad as its perpetration, and joint efforts are needed to fight against this Turkish denialism.