YEREVAN. – Genocide recognition and condemnation is a universal issue, Shavarsh Kocharyan, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, told reporters on Sunday, April 24, 2016, the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.  

He said it is natural that Armenians, as a people who have been subjected to the most brutal genocide, shall be at the forefront in this process of recognition and condemnation.

“We are not alone here, and this was shown at yesterday’s [second] Global Forum [Against the Crime of Genocide, which was held in Armenia’s capital city Yerevan],” the Armenian Deputy FM stressed adding that, in general, to guarantee that crimes against humanity will not recur, and they shall be recognized and condemned.