YEREVAN. – We shall not forget that there have been great tragedies in the history of the Armenian people.

Fra’ Matthew Festing, the Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta—and who is paying a state visit to Armenia—on Monday stated the aforesaid at the end of his talk with President Serzh Sargsyan (PHOTOS).

Fra’ Festing also expressed joy at the occasion of being in capital city Yerevan.

In his words, very few nations have a history with their own sources.

The Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta stressed that it is his obligation and priority to visit the Armenian Genocide Memorial, in Yerevan. As per Fra’ Matthew Festing, this memorial shows that such events should never recur.