YEREVAN, OCTOBER 30, ARMENPRESS. Former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden saluted the House of Representatives’ adoption of a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide.

“I welcome the House’s passage of H Res 296, which recognizes and condemns the Armenian Genocide of 1915-23. By acknowledging this genocide we honor the memory of its victims and vow: never again”, Biden tweeted.

I welcome the House’s passage of H Res 296, which recognizes and condemns the Armenian Genocide of 1915-23. By acknowledging this genocide we honor the memory of its victims and vow: never again.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 29, 2019

Biden had earlier announced that he will run in the 2020 US Presidential election.

On October 29 the US House of Representatives adopted the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res.296) by a vote of 405 to 11 with 3 voting present.

The Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res.296) establishes, as a matter of U.S. policy, 1) the rejection of Armenian Genocide denial, 2) ongoing official U.S. government recognition and remembrance of this crime, and 3) support for education about the Armenian Genocide in order to help prevent modern-day atrocities. 

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan