Armenian Genocide commemorated at Armenia`s embassy in U.S. 

ArmInfo.On April 24, a Commemoration ceremony  dedicated to the 108th year of the Armenian  Genocide was held at the Embassy of Armenia in the USA, reads a posts of the embassy's Facebook account.

The event was attended by representatives of the US State Department,  Congress, the USAID, other state administration bodies, as well as  the diplomatic corps, international organizations, scientific circles  and the Armenian community.

The event began with prayer for the holy martyrs of the Armenian  Genocide in front of the cross stone at the Embassy's garden,  delivered by the Archbishop Vicken Aikazian, Vice-moderator of the  World Council of Churches, and Fr. Hovsep Karapetyan, pastor of the  St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church of Washington, DC. The prayer was  followed by the flower laying ceremony.

During the ceremony, H.E. Lilit Makunts, Ambassador of the Republic  of Armenia to the USA, David Mandel-Anthony, Deputy to the  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, U.S. Department of  State and Dr. Alexander Sokolowski, Deputy Assistant Administrator,  Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, USAID delivered their remarks. 

The keynote speakers of the day were Dr. Khatchig Mouradian, Columbia  University professor Khachik Muradyan Professor at Columbia  University and Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, Co-Founder and Co-President  of the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention. The speakers touched  upon the history of Armenian Genocide, the support provided by the  USA to the Genocide survivors, as well as the crime of genocide, the  necessary steps to prevent it, and the threats of imminent genocides  today.