YEREVAN.- U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern and his spouse Libby visited the Memorial to the Armenian Genocide victims.

After laying flowers to the Memorial, Ambassador said they had come there to honor memory of the dead people.

President Obama calls massacres of 1.5 million Armenians one of the worst events of the 20th century, Ambassador said.

The fact of the Armenian Genocide is recognized by many states. It was first recognized in 1965 by Uruguay. In general, the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey has already been recognized by Russia, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, and 42 U.S. states. Armenian Genocide was recognized by the Vatican, European Parliament and the World Council of Churches.

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