US and German Ambassadors to Armenia visit Tsitsernakaberd.

April 24 is a very important day for all Armenians, U.S. Ambassador John Heffern said in Tsitsernakaberd.

Ambassador Heffern talked to journalists after visiting the Memorial to the Armenian Genocide victims.

All Armenians should come here and the imemory of the events would not vanish, he added.

In his turn, German Ambassador to Armenia Hans-Jochen Schmidt mentioned that if Turkey wants to join the European Union, it should recognize the Armenian Genocide. 

“If Turkish government wants to build the future, it must admit its guilt just as Germany did,” he said.

According to him, the present generation of Turks is not guilty of the Armenian Genocide but they must be aware of the events and feel responsible for the actions of their ancestors.

Hitler’s remark “After all, who remembers the Armenian genocide” proves that impunity provokes new crimes, he added.

On April 24 world marks the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.