YEREVAN (Public Radio of Armenia) — President Serzh Sargsyan on Monday joined world leaders in strongly condemning the weekend shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida which left 50 people dead and dozens of others wounded.
Sargsyan sent his condolences to U.S. President Barack Obama in connection with the worst mass shooting in US history, which he described as “horrific.”
In a statement on the letter to Obama, Sargsyan’s press office said: “The president of the republic strongly condemned this outrageous instance of intolerance and stressed that this tragedy that befell the friendly American people once again proved that even in the 21st century all manifestations of hatred … remain an extremely serious challenge facing humankind.”
It is “everyone’s collective duty and mission” to confront that challenge, Sargsyan wrote.
