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ANCA: TURKEY CAN'T BRIBE U.S. INTO SILENCE
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 4, 2012 - 13:38 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Both Turkish Prime Minster Recep Tayyip Erdogan
and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu have developed the bad habit of
taking for granted continued American support for Armenian Genocide
denial, Executive Director of Armenian National Committee of America
(ANCA) said.
"Having exported their own Article 301 gag-rule to Washington,
Turkish authorities think that they can forever bully and bribe the
United States into silence on this human rights issue. Thankfully,
neither Erdogan nor Davutoglu - or for that matter Secretary
Clinton - has a vote in the U.S. Congress. It's up to the elected
representatives of the American people to reject foreign pressure,
reaffirm American values, and reflect the views of U.S. citizens
by passing the Armenian Genocide Resolution," Aram Hamparian told
PanARMENIAN.Net when commenting on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton's statement noting that the "Armenian Genocide resolution
won't be put on America's foreign policy agenda this year."
Earlier, Hillary Clinton met with Turkish PM Erdogan and FM Davutoglu
in the framework of the Friends of Syria conference in Istanbul. The
Turkish officials stressed "the need to stop annual submittal of
Armenian Genocide resolutions to the U.S. Congress on the eve of
April 24."
According to Turkish media reports, Clinton stressed that "the issue
bears sensitive character for Turkey and that such a resolution won't
be put on U.S. agenda this year."
On March 20, U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Mark Kirk (R-IL)
introduced legislation, S.Res.399, calling upon the U.S. government
to properly recognize the Armenian Genocide and to use the lessons
of this atrocity to prevent future crimes against humanity.
"It is time for the United States to join the nineteen nations
including Belgium, Canada, France, Italy and the European Union
that have formally recognized the actions carried out by the Ottoman
Empire from 1915 to 1923 as genocide," Senator Menendez said. "The
Armenian Genocide is a historical fact and was one of the incidents
upon which the Genocide Convention was predicated. Only by accurately
acknowledging the crimes of the past can we ever hope to move forward
in a legitimate manner and prevent such human rights crimes from
happening in the future."
"The Armenian Genocide is well-documented and formally recognized by
11 NATO allies and the European Union. This resolution accurately
characterizes the events of 1915-1923 as a genocide, honors the
memory of the victims, and strengthens America's moral leadership on
human rights and the prevention of mass atrocities around the world,"
said a spokesman for Senator Kirk.
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 4, 2012 - 13:38 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Both Turkish Prime Minster Recep Tayyip Erdogan
and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu have developed the bad habit of
taking for granted continued American support for Armenian Genocide
denial, Executive Director of Armenian National Committee of America
(ANCA) said.
"Having exported their own Article 301 gag-rule to Washington,
Turkish authorities think that they can forever bully and bribe the
United States into silence on this human rights issue. Thankfully,
neither Erdogan nor Davutoglu - or for that matter Secretary
Clinton - has a vote in the U.S. Congress. It's up to the elected
representatives of the American people to reject foreign pressure,
reaffirm American values, and reflect the views of U.S. citizens
by passing the Armenian Genocide Resolution," Aram Hamparian told
PanARMENIAN.Net when commenting on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton's statement noting that the "Armenian Genocide resolution
won't be put on America's foreign policy agenda this year."
Earlier, Hillary Clinton met with Turkish PM Erdogan and FM Davutoglu
in the framework of the Friends of Syria conference in Istanbul. The
Turkish officials stressed "the need to stop annual submittal of
Armenian Genocide resolutions to the U.S. Congress on the eve of
April 24."
According to Turkish media reports, Clinton stressed that "the issue
bears sensitive character for Turkey and that such a resolution won't
be put on U.S. agenda this year."
On March 20, U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Mark Kirk (R-IL)
introduced legislation, S.Res.399, calling upon the U.S. government
to properly recognize the Armenian Genocide and to use the lessons
of this atrocity to prevent future crimes against humanity.
"It is time for the United States to join the nineteen nations
including Belgium, Canada, France, Italy and the European Union
that have formally recognized the actions carried out by the Ottoman
Empire from 1915 to 1923 as genocide," Senator Menendez said. "The
Armenian Genocide is a historical fact and was one of the incidents
upon which the Genocide Convention was predicated. Only by accurately
acknowledging the crimes of the past can we ever hope to move forward
in a legitimate manner and prevent such human rights crimes from
happening in the future."
"The Armenian Genocide is well-documented and formally recognized by
11 NATO allies and the European Union. This resolution accurately
characterizes the events of 1915-1923 as a genocide, honors the
memory of the victims, and strengthens America's moral leadership on
human rights and the prevention of mass atrocities around the world,"
said a spokesman for Senator Kirk.