On 23 January, within his official visit to the Republic of Armenia, Stef Blok, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, accompanied by Avet Adonts, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia, and Tigran Balayan, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Netherlands, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial.

The delegation was welcomed by AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan, who also presented the history and symbolism of the Genocide Monument.

Mr. Blok laid a wreath at the Genocide Monument, and members of the accompanying delegation put flowers at the Eternal Fire honoring the memory of the innocent martyrs with a minute of silence.

The guests also visited the Genocide Museum, where deputy director of the museum Lusine Abrahamyan presented the museum exhibition and details about the Genocide History.

At the end of the visit Stef Blok left a note in the Memory Book of honorable guests.