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On March 13 in the National Library of Latvia an exhibition dedicated to the Armenian Genocide Centennial, the exhibits of which were provided by the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, opened.

The RA NA Deputy Speaker, the Head of Armenia-Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia Parliamentary Friendship Group Eduard Sharmazanov, the RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Baltic countries Ara Ayvazyan, the spiritual leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the Baltic States, Father Khosrov Stepanyan, the Saeima Secretary Andrejs Klementjevs, the member of Latvia-Armenia Friendship Group Ivans Klementjevs, the Head of Latvia-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group Sergejs Potapkins, the representatives of the Armenian, Jewish, Russian and Belarusian communities attended the exhibition. The spiritual leader of the Baltic States, Nor Nakhijevan and Russia Diocese Father Khosrov Stepanyan supported the opening of the exhibition.

The RA NA Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov, the RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Baltic countries Ara Ayvazyan, the spiritual leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the Baltic States, Father Khosrov Stepanyan and the Head of Latvia-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group Sergejs Potapkins delivered speeches at the opening of the exhibition. The speakers have noted in particular that the opening of the exhibition dedicated to the Armenian Genocide in Riga is an important step in the protection of human rights. They have underlined that the Armenian Genocide is one of the greatest genocides of the 20^th century.

The Head of Latvia-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group Sergejs Potapkins has noted that as the Armenian Genocide has not been condemned the repetition of such crimes cannot be ruled out in future.