Conference entitled "Mets Yeghern: A Century after the Armenian Genocide" was held in one of the halls of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy on April 16 organized by the members of the Italy-Armenia parliamentary friendship group, the Armenian foreign ministry told Armenpress.
She added that by this step the Italian side reaffirmed its commitments assumed by the UN Convention on Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and determination to the universal values.
A number of Italian political, scientific and cultural representatives delivered speeches at the conference, highlighting the importance of the adoption of the Armenian Genocide recognition decision which will contribute to raising awareness on the Genocide among the Italian public and political circles and preventing similar crimes in the future.