Democratic Party vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine (D) has supported discussions on Armenian issues and the solution to those issues on the part of the U.S. legislature and government for many years.

As reported on the official website of the Armenian National Committee of America, Kaine has supported recognition of the Armenian Genocide from the very first days of his term as Mayor of Richmond and later as Governor of Virginia.

The Armenian National Committee has given Kaine the C+ rating (A is the best, F is the worst) or his attention to Armenian issues and his support to the solution to those issues.

Serving as a member of the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. Senate in 2014, Kaine recommended making amendments to Armenian Genocide Resolution 410 and voted in favor of that resolution.

“The genocide perpetrated against the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 is a fact. Our Ambassador to the United Nations has written a book about this. We have confirmed him in that position to deal with the issue,” Kaine had stated.

Republican Party vice-presidential candidate Mike Pence has also actively expressed his positions on Armenian issues. As member of the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2005, Pence voted in favor of Armenian Genocide Resolutions 195 and 316, but in 2007 and in 2010, he voted against them. Mike Pence explained that he had voted against the resolutions because even though he doesn’t call the fact of the Armenian Genocide into question, he believes that the adoption of those resolutions could have a negative impact on Turkey-U.S. relations.

The primaries of the two largest political parties of the United States of America (the Democratic Party and the Republican Party) have already been held ahead of the U.S. Presidential Elections this year. Based on the results of those primaries, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have been nominated from the Republican and Democratic Parties, respectively. However, U.S. citizens cast their votes for not one candidate, but party ticket that states the presidential and vice-presidential candidate. A couple of weeks ago, it was announced that Trump has nominated Governor of Indiana Mike Pence as vice-president, while Clinton has nominated Senator of Virginia Tim Kaine as vice-president.