US Vice President J.D. Vance, who arrived in Armenia on an official visit, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex with his wife, Usha Vance.
The US Vice President was welcomed by Edita Gzoyan, Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, RA Minister of Education, Culture, and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan, and US Chargé d’Affaires in the Republic of Armenia David Allen.
Edita Gzoyan accompanied J.D. Vance and his wife to the Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex, presenting the history of its construction.
J.D. Vance laid a wreath at the memorial commemorating the victims of the Armenian Genocide, and then the guests laid flowers at the eternal flame. They observed a minute of silence in honor of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide.
Edita Gzoyan also spoke about the Memorial Wall, behind which, in special niches, are small jars filled with soil taken from the graves of several foreign public figures, politicians, intellectuals, and missionaries who raised their voices of protest against the mass massacres and genocide of Armenians committed by the Turkish government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Speaking about the pro-Armenian activities of Henry Morgenthau and Clara Barton, she emphasized that thanks to their work, the American public was well aware of the massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, and that the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the United States was also a tribute to the memory of these people.
He also touched upon the three khachkars erected in the Tsitsernakaberd area in memory of the Armenians who fell victim to the massacres organized by the Azerbaijani government in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak), and Baku at the end of the last century, and the stories of the five freedom fighters buried in front of the Memorial Wall during the Artsakh War, emphasizing the connection between what happened and the Armenian Genocide.
At the end of the visit, the US Vice President made a note in the Armenian Genocide Museum’s Guest of Honor Book, noting, “With deep respect for the lives lost, we honor the resilience and unwavering spirit of the Armenian people. May America and Armenia strive together for a future of peace and mutual understanding.”
Expressing gratitude for the visit, AGMI Director Edita Gzoyan presented J.D. Vance with books on the Armenian Genocide and the Artsakh issue.
Let us emphasize that for days, false information and information manipulations have been circulating on the Internet that there is no visit to Tsitsernakaberd on Vance’s agenda.
