U.S. lawmakers visit Armenian Genocide memorial September 20, 2017 - 13:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone, Jackie Spier, Anna Eshoo, Tulsi Gabbard, Jim Sensenbrenner and David Valadao, who arrived in Yerevan for an official stopover, visited the Armenian Genocide memorial on Wednesday, September 20. The guests laid flowers at the eternal fire and paid tribute to the memory of 1.5 million innocent victims with a moment of silence. Accompanied by Armenia's ambassador to the U.S. Grigor Hovhannissian and Deputy Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Lusine Abrahamyan, the guests toured the museum to learn more about the mass killings and the humanitarian support that the United States provided to Armenians. The lawmakers also left notes in the book of memories. Some three dozen countries, hundreds of local government bodies and international organizations have so far recognized the killings of 1.5 million Armenian in the Ottoman Empire as genocide. Turkey denies to this day. Read also: Armenia to submit new initiative on genocides to UN   Top stories The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
