Armenia has welcomed the Armenian Genoicde recognition by the State of Iowa.
“We welcome Iowa’s recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Proclamation of the Governor of US State of Iowa,” the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a Twitter post.
We welcome Iowa’s recognition of the #ArmenianGenocide by Proclamation of the Governor of state of #Iowa, #UnitedStates pic.twitter.com/EaUR8tBqhO
— MFA of Armenia?? (@MFAofArmenia) August 25, 2017
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds issued a powerful proclamation commemorating the Ottoman Turkish Government’s murder of over 2.5 million Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians and Syriacs, making the Hawkeye State the 47th U.S. state to properly recognize and condemn the Armenian Genocide.
