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    U.S. WILL URGE TURKEY TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SOON

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    30.07.2008 17:41 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Approval of Ambassador-designate Marie Yovanovitch's
    appointment by U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee culminated an
    important milestone toward recognition of the Armenian Genocide by
    the U.S. executive branch", ARF Dashnaktsutyun Bureau's Hay Dat and
    Political Affairs Office Director Giro Manoyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net
    reporter.

    "22 months after Senator Menendez put his hold on Richard Hoagland's
    nomination, through the written responses and clarifications of the
    Ambassador designate and the U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary for
    Legislative Affairs, the US State Department affirms that: "

    A) Over one and a half million Armenians have fallen victim to the
    mass killings, ethnic cleansing, and forced deportations conducted
    by the Ottoman Empire;

    B) The US does not cast any doubt on the veracity, and its goal is to
    help preserve the memory, of one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th
    century, the "Medz Yeghern," or Great Calamity, as Armenians refer
    to it, and that not characterizing it as genocide is exclusively a
    policy adopted by the US President;

    C) To achieve full reconciliation, Turkey must come to terms with
    its past," Mr. Manoyan said.

    "I think, the Senate will soon confirm Ms. Yovanovitch's nomination and
    she will arrive in Yerevan to assume her duties. Time and events have
    demonstrated that the policy and efforts of the Armenian-American
    community in general and specifically of the Armenian National
    Committee of America were right and efficient. I am convinced that with
    such high level of political influence, Armenian-Americans and their
    supporters in the US legislature will soon attain the recognition
    of the Armenian Genocide by the US President. It is obvious that
    Turkey not only has no reason to be content with the expressed US
    current policy, but should be extremely concerned that the day is
    near when the United States of America, through its legislature, its
    executive branch and its President will call upon Turkey to recognize
    the Armenian Genocide," Mr. Manoyan concluded.
    From: Baghdasarian
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