Around 200 people gathered in Jette, a municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium, in memory of the Aramaic, Pontic Greek, and Armenian genocide victims in the Ottoman Empire.

The ceremony took place at the location where a plaque was unveiled in 2015, to commemorate the centennial of Armenian Genocide, according to The Brussels Times.

“It is vital to continue to commemorate this genocide. Our children should be aware of what happened to their parents and grandparents,” said Luc Atas from the Federation of Belgian Armenians. “This tragedy is part of our national identity, in the same way as our belief, language and culture. We should not forget it, even less so now that the Aramaics are, once again, under threat in the Middle East. In both Iraq and Syria, our peoples are subject to fresh genocide.”

Those that spoke at the event noted that the Belgian parliament still has not recognized the Armenian Genocide, per se.

“A vote to ensure this failed in 2015, mainly owing to the pressure exerted by Turkey,” stressed Humanist Democratic Centre (Centre démocrate humaniste, cdH) political party deputy Georges Dallemagne. “Nevertheless, I will continue to fight for Turkey’s recognition of the massacre.”