YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS. The delegation headed by the Chairman of House Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives of the U.S.A. - Ed Royce, on this symbolic day for the Armenians visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial to pay tribute to the innocent victims of the first genocide of the 20th century. As reports “Armenpress”, the members of the delegation - Congressman Ed Royce, Congressman Eliot Engel (D-New York), Congressman David Cicilline (D-Rhode Island), and Congresswoman Lois Frankel (D-Florida) participated in tree planting, after which laid flowers at the monument to the victims of the Genocide. "We are here today to commemorate the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. It is very difficult for the world to accurately assess the future, if a wrong evaluation is given for the past. It is therefore important to speak honestly about the Armenian Genocide of 1915. It was the first genocide of the previous century. Adolf Hitler, when planning the second genocide - the Holocaust, mentioned: and who remembers the annihilation of the Armenian people? We remember and we are here to express our solidarity and support to the Armenian people" - said Royce.

Congressmen Eliot Engel and David Cicilline called on Turkey to recognize the Genocide and apologize for their crimes. "It is very important for the world to recognize the Armenian Genocide. We call on Turkey to recognize immediately the Armenian Genocide and apologize" - said Engel.

The fact of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman government has been documented, recognized, and affirmed in the form of media and eyewitness reports, laws, resolutions, and statements by many states and international organizations. The complete catalogue of all documents categorizing the 1915 wholesale massacre of the Armenian population in Ottoman Empire as a premeditated and thoroughly executed act of genocide, is extensive. Uruguay was the first country to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide in 1965. The massacres of the Armenian people were officially condemned and recognized as genocide in accordance with the international law by France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus, Lebanon, Uruguay, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Canada, Vatican and Australia.