Fresno’s Honorary Consul to Armenia Berj K. Apkarian raises the country’s flag at the annual Armenian genocide commemoration and flag-raising ceremony at Fresno City Hall on April 24, 2025.

Fresno’s Honorary Consul to Armenia Berj K. Apkarian raises the country’s flag at the annual Armenian genocide commemoration and flag-raising ceremony at Fresno City Hall on April 24, 2025.

In 2021 then-President Joe Biden gave official U.S. recognition to the Armenian Genocide, straining relations with Turkey’s government, which has always denied such an event occurred.

FITCHBURG — Area residents who are part of the local Armenian diaspora, and those who love the country of Armenia, are invited to a flag raising of the Armenian flag at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 24 ...

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