PanARMENIAN.Net - President of the UN General Assembly Abdullah Shahid has deleted a tweet about his visit to the memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide in Yerevan on Wednesday, July 27.
“I am very moved by my visit to this museum. I thank you for warmly receiving me as part of my visit to Armenia,” Shahid wrote in the since deleted social media post.
The post was removed after the protest of the Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday, July 27, maintaining that the trip has been “exploited” in favor of “one-sided Armenian claims”.
Turkey issues similar statements every time a head of state or international organization visits the memorial or recognizes the Genocid.
On April 24, 1915, a large group of Armenian intellectuals was rounded up and assassinated in Constantinople by the Ottoman government. On April 24, 2022, Armenians worldwide commemorated the 107th anniversary of the Genocide which continued until 1923. Some three dozen countries, hundreds of local government bodies and international organizations have so far recognized the killings of 1.5 million Armenians as Genocide. Turkey denies to this day.