Remembering the Armenian Genocide helps prevent this type of atrocities from happening again in the history of humanity, said Vice President of Argentina Gabriela Michetti during a mass in commemoration of the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Agencia Prensa Armenia reports.

"When we speak of genocide we are talking about an attack on humanity," said Michetti, who then read a poem by William Saroyan.

"The genocide was recognized by our country in 2007 by Law 26.199," added the Vice President in the Cathedral San Gregorio the Illuminator, referring to the Day of action for tolerance and respect among peoples in commemoration of the Genocide that the Armenian people fell victim to.

102 years have passed since the beginning of the Armenian Genocide, perpetrated in the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1923.