ArmInfo.Governor of Iowa State Kim Reynolds signed a proclamation on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, according to Armenian National Committee of America press service.
Iowa became the 47th state that recognized the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey. According to the document, October 2017 is declared the month of awareness of Armenia. Note that the US does not recognize the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
ArmInfo. On June 28, the delegation headed by the Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, the head of the Armenia-Czech Republic friendship group Eduard Sharmazanov, met with Deputy Foreign Minister Lukash Kautsky during his visit to the Czech Republic.
ArmInfo. Spanish city Sueca Municipality adopted draft on recognition of Armenian Genocide.
ArmInfo. The Armenian Assembly of America reportsthe passage of California State Assembly Bill 1597 (AB 1597), authored by Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian (D-46), in the State Assembly's Appropriations Committee on May 26. Known as the Divestment from Turkish Bonds Act, the approval of AB 1597 by the Appropriations Committee comes on the heels of the bill's passage in April 2017, with a 5-0 vote, in the State Assembly's Committee on Public Employees, Retirement, and Social Security (PERSS), chaired by Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D-52).
ArmInfo. House of Representatives of Texas recognized Armenian Genocide. This was stated by Haydat West Coast office.
ArmInfo.The Spanish city of Villena has adopted an institutional statement, which officially recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide. The events that took place in 1915 in the Ottoman Empire are classified in the document as genocide and a crime against humanity. The statement also emphasizes the importance of condemning such crimes that do not have a statute of limitations in the context of excluding their recurrence.