Visitors attend genocide memorial service in Vedi, Armenia

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Visitors attend genocide memorial service in Vedi, Armenia

International Christian Concern praised a White House statement issued April 24 affirming the Armenian Genocide of 1915.

The statement came on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.

Above, visitors attend a service at a genocide memorial in Vedi, Armenia, in 2017.

At least 1.5 million Armenian Christians were killed or displaced from present-day Turkey when the Ottoman Empire undertook genocide against the group, forcing many Armenians to resettle elsewhere.

Read more about modern day tensions in the region at tabonline.org/armenia.