Rep. Cicilline to participate in Armenian Genocide remembrance events in Yerevan
U.S. Rep. David N Cicilline will travel to Ukraine and Armenia with a delegation led by Republican U.S. Rep. Ed Royce of California, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, of which Cicilline is a member, Providence Journal reported.
In Armenia, the delegation will participate April 24 in the annual Remembrance Day for the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian genocide.
The Armenian Genocide was recognized by Uruguay, Russia, France, Lithuania, the Italian Chamber of Deputies, majority of U.S. states, parliaments of Greece, Cyprus, Argentina, Belgium and Wales, National Council of Switzerland, Chamber of Commons of Canada, Polish Sejm, Vatican, European Parliament and the World Council of Churches.