"I join the Armenian community in America and around the world in commemorating this tragedy and mourning the loss of so many innocent lives," the U.S. President said in his statement.
The members of the Sofia City Council from the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria party left in protest as the majority voted to remove the voting of the proposed Declaration from the agenda of Thursday's meeting.
The Turkish government, which has outlawed discussion of the Armenian Genocide within its own borders, is exporting its undemocratic free speech restrictions to the United States.