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WASHINGTON, DC — The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) applauds the passage of S.Res.150, a resolution affirming the United States record on the Armenian Genocide, by unanimous consent in the United States Senate today.

“We congratulate the Armenian American community who has endeavored for decades to reach this landmark moment,” AHI President Nick Larigakis said. “The U.S. Senate’s action, together with October’s passage of a similar resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives, signifies an end to America’s foreign policy silence on the Armenian Genocide, a crime against humanity, and on Turkey’s denial of it.”

In the resolution’s “Whereas” clauses (background information or reasons and rationale for the resolution), it recognizes the United States’ proud history of “…providing relief to the survivors of the campaign of genocide against Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syriacs, Arameans, Maronites, and other Christians.”

AHI thanks the resolution’s sponsors, U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Ted Cruz (R-TX), and its 28 co-sponsors.

“Senators Menendez’s and Cruz’s determination to ask for a vote on the Senate floor paid off, and they are to be commended,” Larigakis said.

The American Hellenic Institute is a non-profit Greek American public policy center and think tank that works to strengthen relations between the United States and Greece and Cyprus, and within the Greek American community.

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For additional information, please contact Elias Gerasoulis at (202) 785-8430 or at [email protected]. For general information about AHI, please visit http://www.ahiworld.org.