Marie Yovanovitch: `The USA sympathizes with world Armenians’

YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS: US Ambassador to Armenia Marie
Yovanovitch put today flowers at the memorial complex of the victims
of the Armenian Genocide. `We – the Americans and the Government of
the United States – remember what happened in 1915. On this day
America stands by Armenians, it sympathizes with Armenia and all
Armenians of America and the world,’ the ambassador noted. According
to her, this year too US President Barack Obama will come forth with
April 24 annual statement.

More than 20 countries, different international organizations,
including the European Parliament have recognized and condemned the
Armenian Genocide.

Uruguay, Argentina, Cyprus, Russia, Greece, Lebanon, Belgium, Sweden,
Italy, France, Switzerland, Canada, Slovakia, Germany, Netherlands,
Poland, Lithuania, Venezuela, Chile, Vatican and Unrecognized
Catalonian Republic are the ones who condemned the greatest crime of
the 20th century.

About 40 states of America, municipalities of different towns
recognized the crime. The issue on involving resolution condemning the
Armenian Genocide on the agenda of the Israeli Knesset is being
discussed. The number of supporters of the resolution presented in the
US House of Representatives and Senate is increasing.