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IT IS CRITICAL THAT TURKEY ACKNOWLEDGE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, HOWARD BERMAN SAYS
news.am
July 29 2010
Armenia
Republican and Democratic members of Congress called into question
Turkey's reliability as a U.S. ally, highlighted its deteriorating
relationship with Israel, and addressed a range of issues from
Armenian Genocide denial to its repression of Christian minorities and
the occupation of Cyprus, during a three-hour House Foreign Affairs
Committee hearing held earlier today, the Armenian National Committee
of America (ANCA) reported.
Chairman Howard Berman touched upon five policy areas concerns
related to U.S.-Turkey ties, including Ankara's denial of the Armenian
Genocide.
"It is critical that Turkey acknowledge the genocide committed by the
Ottoman Empire against the Armenian people during World War I. That's
why this Committee has repeatedly passed measures recognizing the
Genocide and calling on the President to do likewise. I believe that
Turks, once they come to terms with their past, will discover that
they have relieved themselves and their children of an immense moral
burden," he said.
ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian thanked the Chairman Berman
for his support.
"We want to thank Chairman Berman and Representatives Costa, Smith,
Royce, Sires, Bilirakis, Berkley, and Mack for shedding much needed
sunshine on the many failings of our government's weak response to a
leadership in Ankara that is increasingly and openly acting against
both U.S. interests and American values," Aram Hamparian noted.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
July 29 2010
Armenia
Republican and Democratic members of Congress called into question
Turkey's reliability as a U.S. ally, highlighted its deteriorating
relationship with Israel, and addressed a range of issues from
Armenian Genocide denial to its repression of Christian minorities and
the occupation of Cyprus, during a three-hour House Foreign Affairs
Committee hearing held earlier today, the Armenian National Committee
of America (ANCA) reported.
Chairman Howard Berman touched upon five policy areas concerns
related to U.S.-Turkey ties, including Ankara's denial of the Armenian
Genocide.
"It is critical that Turkey acknowledge the genocide committed by the
Ottoman Empire against the Armenian people during World War I. That's
why this Committee has repeatedly passed measures recognizing the
Genocide and calling on the President to do likewise. I believe that
Turks, once they come to terms with their past, will discover that
they have relieved themselves and their children of an immense moral
burden," he said.
ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian thanked the Chairman Berman
for his support.
"We want to thank Chairman Berman and Representatives Costa, Smith,
Royce, Sires, Bilirakis, Berkley, and Mack for shedding much needed
sunshine on the many failings of our government's weak response to a
leadership in Ankara that is increasingly and openly acting against
both U.S. interests and American values," Aram Hamparian noted.
From: A. Papazian