U.S. vice-president visits Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex to  Victims of Armenian Genocide

ArmInfo.  US Vice President J.D. Vance, who is in Armenia on an official visit, visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex to the Victims of the Armenian  Genocide with his wife, Usha Vance.

According to the press service of the Armenian Genocide  Museum-Institute, the US Vice President and his wife were accompanied  to the memorial by museum director Edita Gzoyan, who recounted the  history of its construction.

Vance laid a wreath at the memorial to the victims of the Armenian  Genocide, after which the guests laid flowers at the eternal flame  and observed a moment of silence in memory of the innocent victims of  the Armenian Genocide. Edita Gzoyan also spoke about the Memorial  Wall, behind which, in special niches, are small jars filled with  soil taken from the graves of a number of foreign public figures,  politicians, intellectuals, and missionaries who protested the  massacres and genocide of Armenians committed by the Turkish  government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Speaking about  the pro-Armenian activities of Henry Morgenthau and Clara Barton, she  emphasized that thanks to their work, the American public was well  aware of the mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, and  that the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the United States is  also a tribute to their memory. He also touched on the three  khachkars (cross-stones) erected at the memorial to the Armenian  victims of the massacres orchestrated by the Azerbaijani government  in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak), and Baku at the end of  the last century, as well as the stories of five freedom fighters  buried in front of the Memorial Wall during the Artsakh War,  emphasizing the connection between these events and the Armenian  Genocide. At the end of his visit, the US Vice President signed the  Book of Distinguished Guests at the Armenian Genocide Museum, noting:  "With deep respect for the fallen, we honor the resilience and  unwavering spirit of the Armenian people. May America and Armenia  work together for peace and a future based on mutual understanding."

Expressing gratitude for the visit, Armenian Genocide Museum Director  Edita Gzoyan presented Vance with books on the Armenian Genocide and  the Artsakh issue.