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Armenian National Committee of America
1711 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel. (202) 775-1918
Fax. (202) 775-5648
Email. [email protected]
Internet www.anca.org
PRESS RELEASE
October 8, 2009
Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian
Tel: (202) 775-1918
ANCA STATEMENT ON U.S. PRESSURE FOR ADOPTION OF THE TURKEY- ARMENIA
PROTOCOLS
WASHINGTON, DC - Following is the Armenian National Committee of
America (ANCA) statement on ongoing pressure by the Obama
Administration on Armenia to sign the Turkey- Armenia Protocols.
Over the past week, tens of thousands of Armenian Americans joined
with Armenians around the world in protesting the Protocols,
provisions of which would undermine efforts to secure justice for the
Armenian Genocide and hamper ongoing Nagorno Karabagh peace
negotiations.
For more information on the protocols, see the following links:
The ANCA's point by point analysis of the Turkey-Armenia Protocols:
http://www.anca.org/assets/pdf/misc/pro tocols_explained.pdf
ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian's Letter to Secretary of State Clinton:
http://www.anca.org/assets/pdf/misc/09300 9_clintonletter.pd f
Asbarez / Armenian Weekly Survey on the Turkey-Armenia Protocols:
http://www.asbarez.com/2009/10/02/poll- over-90-of-armenian-
americans-oppose-protocols/
To learn more about the Turkey-Armenia Protocols, visit:
http://www.stoptheprotocols.com http://www.justicenotprocols.com
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ANCA STATEMENT ON U.S. PRESSURE FOR ADOPTION OF THE TURKEY- ARMENIA
PROTOCOLS
The Armenian National Committee of America expresses regret at news of
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's participation in a possible
signing ceremony for the Turkey-Armenia Protocols.
The Obama Administration's attempts to force Armenia into one-sided
concessions, through adoption of the Turkey- Armenia protocols, is
short-sighted and will, in the long term, create more problems than it
solves.
There can, as a matter of both basic morality and political reality,
be no healthy or enduring relationship between Armenia and Turkey that
is not built upon the foundation of Turkey's acceptance of a true and
just resolution of the Armenian Genocide.
The U.S. arm-twisting of the government in Yerevan to accept an
agreement that would call this very crime against humanity into
question, both squanders America's moral capital in the cause of
genocide prevention, and sets back the cause of genuine
Armenian-Turkish dialogue by many years.
The Protocol's proposed establishment of a "historical commission," is
already being used by Turkey's leaders to bolster their government's
worldwide campaign to deny the Armenian Genocide. U.S. pressure to
adopt these flawed documents dishonors the noble efforts of
U.S. diplomats, such as Ambassador Henry Morgenthau, Consul Leslie
Davis, and others, who courageously worked to stop the Armenian
Genocide between 1915 and 1923 - efforts that are well documented in
the U.S. national archives. It also stands in sharp contrast to
President Obama's campaign pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
Rather than honoring this moral commitment, the President has, sadly,
used the full force of American diplomacy to compel Armenia, a
landlocked and blockaded nation still seeking to overcome the brutal
legacy of the Armenian Genocide, to agree to a process that calls into
question this crime against all humanity.
Armenian Americans remain deeply opposed, along with the rest of the
Armenian Diaspora and a growing tide of domestic opposition within
Armenia itself, to this one- sided agreement that directly threatens
the security of Armenia, surrenders the rights of the Armenian nation,
and insults the dignity of every Armenian.
1711 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel. (202) 775-1918
Fax. (202) 775-5648
Email. [email protected]
Internet www.anca.org
PRESS RELEASE
October 8, 2009
Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian
Tel: (202) 775-1918
ANCA STATEMENT ON U.S. PRESSURE FOR ADOPTION OF THE TURKEY- ARMENIA
PROTOCOLS
WASHINGTON, DC - Following is the Armenian National Committee of
America (ANCA) statement on ongoing pressure by the Obama
Administration on Armenia to sign the Turkey- Armenia Protocols.
Over the past week, tens of thousands of Armenian Americans joined
with Armenians around the world in protesting the Protocols,
provisions of which would undermine efforts to secure justice for the
Armenian Genocide and hamper ongoing Nagorno Karabagh peace
negotiations.
For more information on the protocols, see the following links:
The ANCA's point by point analysis of the Turkey-Armenia Protocols:
http://www.anca.org/assets/pdf/misc/pro tocols_explained.pdf
ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian's Letter to Secretary of State Clinton:
http://www.anca.org/assets/pdf/misc/09300 9_clintonletter.pd f
Asbarez / Armenian Weekly Survey on the Turkey-Armenia Protocols:
http://www.asbarez.com/2009/10/02/poll- over-90-of-armenian-
americans-oppose-protocols/
To learn more about the Turkey-Armenia Protocols, visit:
http://www.stoptheprotocols.com http://www.justicenotprocols.com
#####
ANCA STATEMENT ON U.S. PRESSURE FOR ADOPTION OF THE TURKEY- ARMENIA
PROTOCOLS
The Armenian National Committee of America expresses regret at news of
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's participation in a possible
signing ceremony for the Turkey-Armenia Protocols.
The Obama Administration's attempts to force Armenia into one-sided
concessions, through adoption of the Turkey- Armenia protocols, is
short-sighted and will, in the long term, create more problems than it
solves.
There can, as a matter of both basic morality and political reality,
be no healthy or enduring relationship between Armenia and Turkey that
is not built upon the foundation of Turkey's acceptance of a true and
just resolution of the Armenian Genocide.
The U.S. arm-twisting of the government in Yerevan to accept an
agreement that would call this very crime against humanity into
question, both squanders America's moral capital in the cause of
genocide prevention, and sets back the cause of genuine
Armenian-Turkish dialogue by many years.
The Protocol's proposed establishment of a "historical commission," is
already being used by Turkey's leaders to bolster their government's
worldwide campaign to deny the Armenian Genocide. U.S. pressure to
adopt these flawed documents dishonors the noble efforts of
U.S. diplomats, such as Ambassador Henry Morgenthau, Consul Leslie
Davis, and others, who courageously worked to stop the Armenian
Genocide between 1915 and 1923 - efforts that are well documented in
the U.S. national archives. It also stands in sharp contrast to
President Obama's campaign pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
Rather than honoring this moral commitment, the President has, sadly,
used the full force of American diplomacy to compel Armenia, a
landlocked and blockaded nation still seeking to overcome the brutal
legacy of the Armenian Genocide, to agree to a process that calls into
question this crime against all humanity.
Armenian Americans remain deeply opposed, along with the rest of the
Armenian Diaspora and a growing tide of domestic opposition within
Armenia itself, to this one- sided agreement that directly threatens
the security of Armenia, surrenders the rights of the Armenian nation,
and insults the dignity of every Armenian.