Nikol Pashinyan sent a letter of condolences on the death of a good  friend of the Armenian people - Robert Morgentau

ArmInfo. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a letter of condolences on the death of Robert Morgentau, grandson of the US Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during  the First World War, Henry Morgentau (1913-1916), who actively  participated in the struggle for international recognition of the  Armenian Genocide and repeatedly stated that the United States must  recognize the great tragedy of the beginning of the 20th century.

According to the press service of the Prime Minister, the message  reads, in particular: "The esteemed Morgentau family learned with  deep sorrow about the death of the great friend of the Armenian  people, the worthy grandson of Henry Morgentau - Robert Morgentau.As  a great patriot, a war veteran, a leading expert in jurisprudence and  human rights, Mr. Morgenthau always enjoyed the love and respect of  all.With his diligence, uncompromising willingness to help and serve  people, his hometown, New York, his ability to provide optimal  solutions to the most difficult tasks, he was a shining example for  several generations of lawyers.

By the will of fate, the Morgentau family has been associated with  the Armenian people for more than a century. We are grateful to your  family for assisting our people during the Armenian Genocide, for  extending a helping hand to people who survived the Genocide, for  facilitating efforts to internationally recognize this crime, "the  telegram says.As Pashinyan pointed out, in the pages of the history  of the Armenian people, the name of Ambassador Henry Morgenth is  written in gold letters, without which many episodes of that dark  period would probably have remained unknown to humanity.He called  Robert Morgentau a worthy successor to the father and grandfather's  affairs.The head of the Armenian government expressed deepest  condolences andsupport for family, relatives and friends of Robert  Morgentau.Robert Morgentau was born on July 31, 1919 in New York. In  1961President John F. Kennedy appointed Morgentau prosecutor of the  Southern DistrictNew York.

In this post, Morgentau worked for eight years. In 1974, he was first  elected District Attorney of Manhattan. In March 2009, Morgentau  officially announced that he would not seek a tenth re-election to  his post. He was also the president of the New York Museum of Jewish  Heritage, in whose creation he played a very important role.Robert  Morgentau, like his grandfather, made every effort to ensure that the  Armenian Genocide was recognized throughout the world. He was a  political scientist and lawyer, published articles in which he often  spoke about the atrocities his grandfather witnessed during the  Armenian Genocide in 1915.