Dutch foreign minister visits Armenian Genocide Memorial

Armenia16:11, 27 October 2026
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A delegation led by Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Tom Berendsen visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan on October 27.

The Dutch FM was accompanied by Armenian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Vahan Kostanyan, Armenia’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands Viktor Biyagov, and the Netherlands’ Ambassador to Armenia Marieke Monroy-Winter.

According to a statement released by the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, the delegation was welcomed by Hrachya Tashchyan, Acting Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute.

FM Tom Berendsen laid a wreath at the memorial commemorating the victims of the Armenian Genocide, after which members of the delegation laid flowers at the eternal flame to pay tribute to the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims.

The delegation members also visited the Armenian Genocide Museum, where, accompanied by Lusine Abrahamyan, Deputy Director for Museum Affairs at the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, they learned about various aspects of the history of the Armenian Genocide.

At the end of the tour, Tom Berendsen made an entry in the Book of Honorary Guests.

Tashchyan thanked the delegation members for their visit and presented the head of the delegation with the Armenian Genocide Museum’s illustrated album.

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Emil Lazarian

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