YEREVAN. – Renowned actor, filmmaker, philanthropist and humanitarian George Clooney, who is in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan these days, on Saturday was wearing a forget-me-not pin at Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex, where the second Global Forum Against the Crime of Genocide has kicked off.

To note, the forget-me-not was the symbol of Armenian Genocide Centennial in 2015, and those who recognize the genocide wear this symbol. 

To Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter’s query on what should be done to prevent genocides, Clooney responded: “It would be very helpful if we started calling it Armenian Genocide, first.”

And with respect to Turkey not recognizing this tragedy, he stated: “I think it’s ridiculous not to talk about it in terms of genocide, because of course it was.”