President Sargsyan visits Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex.

Armenia’s senior statesmen are now paying tribute to the victims of Armenian Genocide in Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex.

President Serzh Sargsyan is accompanied by First Lady Rita Sargsyan, Supreme Patriarch of All Armenians Garegin II, Parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan, ministers, MPs, clergymen and others.

On the 97th anniversary of Armenian Genocide a wreath has been put on behalf of President Sargsyan and white cloves on behalf on country’s senior leadership.

Panorama.am recalls that Turkey has traditionally rejected the mass killings of 1,5 million Armenians carried out early in the 20th century and took the criticism of the West painfully.

Note that the following states have recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide carried out in the Ottoman Turkey: Uruguay (1965), Cyprus (1982), Argentina (1993), Russian Federation (1995), Canada (1996), Greece (1996), Lebanon (1997), Belgium (1998), Italy (2000), Vatican (2000), France (2001), Switzerland (2003), Slovakia (2004), the Netherlands (2004), Poland (2005), Germany (2005), Venezuela (2005), Lithuania (2005), Chile (2007), Sweden (2010). Armenian Genocide is also recognized by the European Parliament and World Council of Churches.