The U.S. Embassy in Yerevan has responded to the request to comment on the latest reports suggesting that the White House official asked Senator Lindsey Graham to block the Armenian Genocide resolution.

“The U.S. Embassy has seen the report you reference.  The resolution in question is part of an ongoing legislative process and we will refrain from comment at this time,” the Embassy said in response to the inquiry by Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The embassy added that their position on the Armenian Genocide issue has not changed.

“The U.S. position on this issue has not changed, we mourn the 1.5 million Armenians deported and massacred at the end of the Ottoman Empire and commemorate those events annually so that we never forget this dark chapter in history.”

According to the publication on Axios.com website, “as Graham was leaving the Oval Office, senior White House staff asked him to return to the Senate and block the Armenian genocide resolution”. The website writes that Senator Graham confirmed this in a phone interview.