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White House spokesperson avoids commenting Armenian Genocide
04.04.2009 23:16 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Ahead of President Barack Obama's trip to Turkey, at
a news briefing the White House spokesperson avoided discussing the
Armenian Genocide when asked by a reporter to comment on the matter.
Responding to a reporter's query on whether `the President still
believe that the Turks committed genocide against the Armenians,'
White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs, said: `We'll get into that I
think later on.'
When pressed to comment further, Gibbs said: `I'll leave that for--I
can't give away everything in one gaggle, for goodness sakes.'
Gibbs explained the trip to Turkey aimed to strengthen an important
relationship.
`I mean, again, I think it's to strengthen an important relationship
and reach out to--and demonstrate the importance of--their importance
in our relationship and, again, issues that we have in common that we
want to work on. I mean, look, I think it's an opportunity to probably
go also to a country that people may not have expected us to visit on
our first trip over here, and I think it's an important signal for the
President,' explained Gibbs, Asbarez.com reports.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
White House spokesperson avoids commenting Armenian Genocide
04.04.2009 23:16 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Ahead of President Barack Obama's trip to Turkey, at
a news briefing the White House spokesperson avoided discussing the
Armenian Genocide when asked by a reporter to comment on the matter.
Responding to a reporter's query on whether `the President still
believe that the Turks committed genocide against the Armenians,'
White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs, said: `We'll get into that I
think later on.'
When pressed to comment further, Gibbs said: `I'll leave that for--I
can't give away everything in one gaggle, for goodness sakes.'
Gibbs explained the trip to Turkey aimed to strengthen an important
relationship.
`I mean, again, I think it's to strengthen an important relationship
and reach out to--and demonstrate the importance of--their importance
in our relationship and, again, issues that we have in common that we
want to work on. I mean, look, I think it's an opportunity to probably
go also to a country that people may not have expected us to visit on
our first trip over here, and I think it's an important signal for the
President,' explained Gibbs, Asbarez.com reports.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress