Armen Sarkissian to Global Forum participants: Welcome to Armenia, a  country that was able to defeat the greatest crime of the Genocide

ArmInfo. The struggle of light and shadow, white and black, does not stop in the world. The third global forum "Against the Crime of Genocide", which has kicked off  today in Yerevan, is aimed at fighting the evil side of humanity.  This was announced on December 10 by Armenian President Armen  Sarkissian at the opening of the Forum.

"There are many manifestations of this malice - how we behave, how we treat climate  change, our home, our planet Earth, apartheid, people who differ from  us by race, gender, religion," the President said.

Unfortunately, according to Armen Sarkissian, in the eternal struggle  of light and shadow, light does not always win shadow. "In the 21st  century, events are rapidly evolving, and both good and evil have  followers. We are entering a new era - rapid evolution, in which the  crimes of genocide find sources of fuel, and it will not cease to  exist if struggle is not held against it, "the Armenian President  said.  Armen Sarkissian recalled that it was the Armenians who  suffered the pain of the Genocide in the early 20th century. "This  pain is symbolized by the Genocide Museum and the Matenadaran, where  the Forum is being held," the President said.

The Armenian President noted that his grandmother's family also fled  from the Genocide. They lost everything. They took with them only the  most valuable - their son and Bible", his grandmother told him.   Subsequently, the grandmother lost her son, but the Bible, which is  450 years old, was saved.  According to him, after 103 years, the  Armenians proved to the world that the light finally wins, and the  Republic of Armenia and its people are proof of that. "Scattered  around the world as a result of the Genocide, they first of all,  became good citizens of the countries that sheltered their ancestors.  They are always confident in their soul that evil can be defeated.  Welcome to Armenia, which was able to defeat the greatest crime of  the Genocide, " Armen Sarkissian concluded.

The Armenian Genocide of 1915 is the first genocide of the twentieth  century. The Armenian Genocide Act is recognized by many states. The  first to do this in 1965 was Uruguay, the example of which was  followed by Russia, France, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Poland,  Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon,  Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, 42 US states. The Armenian Genocide was  also recognized by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the World  Council of Churches.