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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATED IN BELGIUM, CANADA

YEREVAN, APRIL 11, ARMENPRESS: Several Belgian and Belgian Armenian
organizations joined efforts to hold an event on April 8 at Brussels’s De
Zeyp Center, within the frameworks of commemoration of the 90-th anniversary
of the Armenian genocide. The event featured Armenian history and culture.
The main keynote speaker at the event was Bernard Culy, rector of Leuven
Catholic University and an expert in Armenian studies. He spoke about the
origin of the Armenian nation and major pages of its history, art and
culture. On the sidelines of the event the Center hosted an exhibition about
Armenia.
On the same day a similar event was held by the Union of Armenian
Students of Canadian Carlton and Ottawa Universities. The exhibition had on
display works and books about the Armenian genocide. A documentary by
British director Mike Connor, The Forgotten Genocide, was shown.