Video message of H.E. Mr. Ara Aivazian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, at the virtual event entitled “Mass Media in Genocide Prevention: The Promise and Peril of the Digital Age”

Azerbaijan, with direct involvement of Turkey and foreign terrorist fighters and mercenaries from the Middle East, launched a large-scale military offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh with a clear genocidal intent.

Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide

This challenge should not only be a reason for condemning and compassionate calls, but also for putting on the agenda the steps aimed at strengthening the early response mechanisms within the international organizations.

Statement by Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, at the 12th Ministerial Meeting on the Responsibility to Protect

Fifteen years ago we altogether the UN member states endorsed the responsibility to protect as a firm political commitment to protect populations from massive and atrocious crimes, including the crime of genocide.

Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Anna Naghdalyan on the session of Supreme Advisory Council under the Turkish President's Office

Question. The Supreme Advisory Council under the Office of the President of Turkey convened a session headed by President Recep Tayyip  Erdogan, which reportedly discussed "the actions to be taken against groundless allegations against Turkey regarding the 1915 events.’’ How would you comment on that?

Comment by the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia on the Resolution Adopted by the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

We welcome the adoption by the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic of the resolution dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII, which also condemns the crimes against humanity committed during the two World Wars, including the Genocide perpetrated against the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. 

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia on commemoration of anti-Armenian pogroms in Sumgait

Today we are commemorating the victims of the anti-Armenian pogroms in Sumgait. In the closing days of February, 1988, the Armenian population of Sumgait was subjected to mass killings and atrocities, perpetrated with unspeakable cruelty.  

Remarks by Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan in the framework of International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims

Armenia is an international leader in the fight against genocide and has been consistently working and working with the United Nations and its many partners on the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, on raising awareness of the continuing dangers and challenges of hate crimes, as well as on legal and institutional capacity building. 

Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan’s meeting with a delegation of the US producers and directors.

On October 16, Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan received David Mackenzie, a well-known producer and director, founder of the “Reforming the world” film festival, Dean Cain and Montel Williams, the Co-Chairs of the festival and producer of the “Architects of Denial” documentary film within the framework of the Aurora Forum.  

Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan’s address to the participants of the Armenian Genocide Memorial Event of the Program of Armenian Studies of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

“The Armenian and Jewish people share not just long history, but the deep pain of persecution and identity based organized mass murder, the heinous crime of genocide.

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia on the commemoration of the Armenian Genocide

On April 24 Armenians all over the world together with the friends of the Armenian people and humanity commemorated the 104th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Many nations, communities and societies joined this commemoration all over the world. We are grateful to all of them, to world leaders, parliamentarians, philanthropists, scholars, journalists and human rights activists for standin