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ACA ACCUSES U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT OF UNFAIR STAND ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 10, 2011 - 12:48 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On behalf of the Armenian Council of America
(ACA) and Armenian Americans throughout the nation, the ACA expressed
indignation over the fact that the U.S. State Department, while having
information on important documents on the Armenian Genocide being
destroyed in the Turkish archives, encouraged the Republics of Armenia
and Turkey to engage in the Armenian-Turkish Protocols which included a
provision "implementing a dialogue on the historical dimension with the
aim to restore historical confidence between the two nations, including
an impartial scientific examination of the historical records and
archives to define existing problems and formulate recommendations."
"As Americans, we expected the U.S. State Department, our
representative in the international community, to be an impartial and
an honest broker in order to foster harmony and good-will between
Armenia and Turkey. Yet, through diplomatic cables disclosed by
Wikileaks, reveal that the State Department completely aware that
Turkish archives containing important documents related to the Armenian
Genocide had been purged by Turkish officials, continued the facade
that the Protocols are a right step towards bilateral relations,"
Sevak Khatchadorian, Board Member Armenian Council of America, said
in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
"Peace and cooperation are components to the region's prosperity,
and the Armenian Council of America is willing to work towards that
endeavor, however, these important elements cannot be achieved at
the cost of a historical accuracy.
"Distorting the Armenian Genocide in favor of international or
domestic political and economic gain is counterintuitive to progress
and creates a precedent for allowing future genocides and human rights
violations to occur.
"Madame Secretary, we urge you to correct your Department's stance
on the Armenian Genocide. Genocide is not an acceptable crime and
genocide denial in the 21st century is unfathomable. We also request
your Department to engage the government of Turkey in persuading
them to stop denying the Armenian Genocide and to acknowledge their
historical past," he said.
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 10, 2011 - 12:48 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On behalf of the Armenian Council of America
(ACA) and Armenian Americans throughout the nation, the ACA expressed
indignation over the fact that the U.S. State Department, while having
information on important documents on the Armenian Genocide being
destroyed in the Turkish archives, encouraged the Republics of Armenia
and Turkey to engage in the Armenian-Turkish Protocols which included a
provision "implementing a dialogue on the historical dimension with the
aim to restore historical confidence between the two nations, including
an impartial scientific examination of the historical records and
archives to define existing problems and formulate recommendations."
"As Americans, we expected the U.S. State Department, our
representative in the international community, to be an impartial and
an honest broker in order to foster harmony and good-will between
Armenia and Turkey. Yet, through diplomatic cables disclosed by
Wikileaks, reveal that the State Department completely aware that
Turkish archives containing important documents related to the Armenian
Genocide had been purged by Turkish officials, continued the facade
that the Protocols are a right step towards bilateral relations,"
Sevak Khatchadorian, Board Member Armenian Council of America, said
in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
"Peace and cooperation are components to the region's prosperity,
and the Armenian Council of America is willing to work towards that
endeavor, however, these important elements cannot be achieved at
the cost of a historical accuracy.
"Distorting the Armenian Genocide in favor of international or
domestic political and economic gain is counterintuitive to progress
and creates a precedent for allowing future genocides and human rights
violations to occur.
"Madame Secretary, we urge you to correct your Department's stance
on the Armenian Genocide. Genocide is not an acceptable crime and
genocide denial in the 21st century is unfathomable. We also request
your Department to engage the government of Turkey in persuading
them to stop denying the Armenian Genocide and to acknowledge their
historical past," he said.