The move is a tribute to the memory of 1,5 million innocent victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.

In the streets, participants paused briefly to join voices in an Armenian prayer, some making signs of the cross.

A delegation from Kansas, USA is currently in Yerevan to participate in the Armenian Genocide centennial events.

The number of countries whose citizens arrive to join the march honoring the memory of Genocide victims grows every year.

“The Ottoman Empire attempted to annihilate an entire race in the first genocide of the last century,” Adam Schiff said.

“As a German, I am confronted with the past of my country every day. I know how important it is to remember history,” Martin Schulz said.

A group of students from the Peoples’ Democratic Congress wanted to organize a commemoration for the Genocide centenary.

Turkey’s Nationalist Turkey Party and Turan Ocakları laid a black wreath in front of the new building of Agos weekly.

News poses challenges for both PM David Cameron, who is seeking to return to power, and his Labor party rival, Ed Miliband.

Lebanon “takes pride in all its components and shares their causes and all the sufferings they have endured throughout history," Salam said.