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".