02.07.2025


A delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Belgium, led by Birgit Stevens, Director General for Bilateral Relations, and Philippe Benoit, Director for Eastern and Southeastern Europe and Central Asia, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on July 2. They were accompanied by H.E. Eric de Muynck, Ambassador of Belgium to Armenia.

The guests were welcomed by Lusine Abrahamyan, Deputy Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, who presented the history of the Memorial and highlighted the stories of the three cross-stones commemorating Armenians massacred in Sumgait, Kirovabad (Ganja), and Baku, as well as the five freedom fighters buried near the Memorial Wall during the Artsakh war. She emphasized the connection between these tragedies and the Armenian Genocide.

The delegation laid flowers at the Eternal Flame and honored the memory of the victims with a minute of silence. They also visited the Memorial Wall, which houses urns with soil from the graves of international figures who protested the mass killings and genocide of Armenians in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Concluding their visit, the delegation toured the Armenian Genocide Museum’s permanent and temporary exhibitions, where Ms. Birgit Stevens left a message in the Honorary Guest Book.