Today we commemorate the Meds Yeghern and honor those who perished in one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century. We recall the horror of what happened ninety-nine years ago, when 1.5 million Armenians were massacred or marched to their deaths in the final days of the Ottoman Empire, and we grieve for the lives lost and the suffering endured by those men, women, and children.

Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum & Institute Hayk Demoyan has responded to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's statement. 

The People's Artist of the USSR and Armenian SSR Konstantin Orbelian  died in 24 April in Los Angeles, aged 86. 

 Zahava Gal-On, who is Chairperson of Meretz party in Israel, believes that the Armenian Genocide’s formal recognition is within Israel's obligations.

99 years have passed since the Armenian Genocide was committed, however, there is no justice. The Genocide has been neither recognized nor compensated for, French singer of Armenian origin Charles Aznavour says on his Facebook page. 

Prime Minister of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov has called the Armenia genocide the great tragedy of the XX century.

 No effort to distort historical facts is able to deny indisputable truth, Catholicos of Cilicia Aram I said on Thursday in response to Turkish Prime Minister Recept Erdogan's Wednesday statement.

The "Free Egyptians" party has demanded from Turkey to apologize for the Armenian genocide, the statement by the party says.

Newly founded Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) of Turkey organized a march on Wednesday in Istanbul in memory of the Armenian Genocide victims.

 Turkish-Armenian relations cannot be normalized unless the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is settled, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan said.

Armenian complementarity has temporarily hidden, not "died out," says Sergey Markedonov, a visiting fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

The developments in Ukraine are making the OSCE Minsk Group's efficiency even more dubious, Vice Speaker of the Milli Mejlis (Parliament) of Azerbaijan Nahar Muradova told journalists on Thursday. 

 Vice-speaker of the Armenian parliament, Edward Sharmazanov, has called on Ankara to be impartial when assessing historical reality.

We highly respect Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan for his far-sighted decision to start a dialogue with Turkey, Ambassador of Poland to Armenia Zdzislaw Raczynski told journalists while visiting the Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex in Yerevan.

The process for international recognition of the Armenian Genocide was started by the first President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan and was ended by the "football diplomacy" initiated by current President Serzh Sargsyan, the head of the parliamentary group of the Armenian National Congress Levon Zurabyan told journalists on Thursday.

Armenia is rather an interesting example of whether the Eurasian countries are able to remain committed to the principle of "two pipes." Sergey Markedonov, a visiting fellow in the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program, made such statement in an interview with ArmInfo.

 By its statements Turkey is trying to be sly in this or that way, but the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey is inevitable, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan, said at Tsistarnakaberd Memorial complex when commenting on the statement made by the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.  "Turkey will sooner or later take that step," - Kocharyan added.

 European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule welcomed statement of Turkish PM Erdogan on Armenians.

 State Department welcomed Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's statement on the 1915 events.

 Armenian Genocide denial produced the Holocaust at the time, repeating the history. Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Representative Edward Royce made such statement visiting the Armenian Genocide Memorial on 24 April.