As part of his working trip to the United States, President Armen Sarkissian on Wednesday visited the Theodore Roosevelt Island to pay respect to the 26th president.

He laid a flower wreath on the memorial to the great statesman who, in the period of his tenure (1901-1909), acted in defense of the Armenians and other Christian minorities being massacred in the Ottoman Empire.

Roosevelt was also known for his bold stance on the protection of the Armenian Genocide survivors.