U.S. Embassy in Yerevan commemorates 1988 Sumgait massacre victims

The U.S. Embassy in Yerevan released a statement on the 38th anniversary of the Sumgait massacres. 

“Today, we join with Armenians mourning and acknowledging all who lost their lives in Sumgait in 1988,” the U.S. Embassy said.

The Armenian Foreign Ministry earlier also released a statement on the anniversary.

Hundreds of Armenians were killed in pogroms orchestrated by the Soviet-Azerbaijani authorities in the Azerbaijani city of Sumgait in 1988.