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    MORE SUPPORTERS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION IN U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE

    ARMENPRESS
    APRIL 19, 2010
    YEREVAN

    The number of supporters of the Armenian Genocide recognition in the
    U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate is increasing. Armenian
    National Committee of America (ANCA) Communications Director Elizabeth
    Chouldjian told Armenpress that more than 140 congressmen support the
    252 resolution on the Armenian Genocide recognition, and that the
    number of supporters of the Senate 316 resolution is 16. She said
    that increasing of the number of the Armenian Genocide recognition
    supporters is a continuous process. On April 24, the anniversary of the
    Armenian Genocide, the issue of the Armenian Genocide is usually kept
    in focus of the congressmen and senators, so the number of supporters
    is expected to increase in that period. As the bill on the Armenian
    Genocide recognition was passed in U.S. House of Representatives
    Committee on Foreign Affairs, more congressmen and senators became
    interested in the issue, Mrs. Chouldjian said. Elizabeth Chouldjian
    also mentioned that the fact the resolution has more than 140
    supporters in the House of Representatives proves that the resolution
    is one of the most supported ones. 'ANCA does its best to negotiate
    with Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, over making
    the issue an agenda item. The resolution must be brought to a vote
    and passed, so that Turkey stops the policy of denying the truth,'
    Mrs. Chouldjian said. As to the expectations from Obama's April 24
    address, ANCA Communications Director said that even after being
    elected as the US President, Obama said that his position about the
    issue remains the same. 'But yet the address expresses not Obama's,
    but the country's position. The President should undertake proper
    measures and recognize the Armenian Genocide, otherwise the Armenian
    community will be frustrated,' she added. Commemorative ceremonies on
    the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide have already started
    in Washington, D.C. The first one is intended to be held April 21
    in the US Capitol Hill. The Armenian youth is expected to take the
    initiative of organizing one-day-long protest rally April 23 in front
    of the White House 'claiming that Obama is to honor his promises'. A
    protest rally entitled 'We will always remember' will be organized
    April 24 in front of the Turkish Embassy to the US.
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