On December 13, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Vahan Kostanyan delivered closing remarks at the 5th Global Forum Against the Crime of Genocide, entitled “Strengthening the Effectiveness of International Mechanisms for Early Warning and Early Response to the Risk of Genocide and other Atrocity Crimes”.

The Deputy Minister commended all speakers for interesting and substantial discussions. Touching upon the panel discussions, Vahan Kostanyan highlighted the importance of the leadership of like-minded small states in promoting the genocide prevention agenda.

Vahan Kostanyan noted that, despite all the challenges, the precedents, and the lack of success stories, it is necessary to ensure the continuity of efforts in this direction, reiterating Armenia’s readiness to cooperate with all international partners to advance the genocide prevention agenda.

The Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia highlighted the importance of political will at the national, regional and international levels in preventing genocides.

Concluding his remarks, Vahan Kostanyan particularly noted:

“As it was mentioned during one of the panels - we are the international community and we are the ones who should apply the international law”.