Wednesday, July 8 2020 14:10

ArmInfo.  The U.S.  administration's policy on the issue of the <Meds Yeghern> has not  changed. The White House told VOA's Armenian Service, commenting on  White House spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany's reference to on the Armenian Genocide. 

The White House said the administration's policy on this matter has  not changed, adding that the U.S. President has reaffirmed that the  Meds Yeghern is a historical crime and tragedy, and the US stands by  the Armenian people.

It should be noted that earlier White House press secretary Kayleigh  McEnany used the term "Armenian Genocide" during a briefing,  referring to the desecration of the Armenian <khachkar> in the USA.  "There seems to be a lack of understanding and historical knowledge  when the Armenian Genocide Memorial, remembering victims of all  crimes against humanity including slavery, is vandalized", McEnany  said.

At the end of May this year, during a protest in the U.S. in the  center of Denver, a khachkar was desecrated with aerosol paint on the  Armenian Genocide and the victims of all crimes against humanity.  This khachkar is a copy of one of the three thousand medieval  khachkars of the legendary Julf cemetery, destroyed by the  Azerbaijani government in 2005 as part of a plan to destroy the  Armenian heritage in Nakhichevan.

To recall, the United States does not officially recognize the  Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, and this despite the fact  that almost all states have adopted resolutions that recognize and  condemn this crime against humanity. In addition, last year, both  houses of Congress adopted resolutions recognizing the Armenian  Genocide. U.S. Presidents use the Armenian term " Meds Yeghern " (the  great massacre) during the annual messages to the Armenian Diaspora  on April 24, in qualifying those events, evading the use of the term  "Armenian Genocide".