Kim Kardashian West has commended President Biden for recognizing and declaring the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 a genocide.
She disclosed this via her social media channel, in a statement, stating that it was a day all Armenians have been waiting, praying and hoping for, which finally happened.
The statement reads,
"After more than a century of fighting for truth and acknowledgement, today the Armenian people received the recognition we have all been hoping and praying for, with President Biden declaring the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 a genocide.
"This has been a long journey for the Armenian community, and every year I felt we were getting closer and closer to recognizing the genocide as what it was. Finally that day has come.
"I am so proud of my heritage, proud of the Armenian communities and grateful to President Biden for granting every Armenian this day, and this truth. Although nothing will ever bring back the Armenians who were murdered. I hope that their families will now feel a sense of peace
"I will continue to honour and remember those we lost every year on this day, but now with the hope that after recognizing the genocide we will never again allow atrocities of the past to be repeated.
"Thank you President Biden, for your courage to speak the truths others chose not to. "
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