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    American Hellenic Institute
    April 7 2013

    AHI, ANCA: Future Trade Measures with Turkey Must Require End of
    Turkey's Military Occupation of Cyprus, Blockade of Armenia

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Georgea Polizos
    March 29, 2013 - No. 24 (202) 785-8430

    AHI, ANCA: Future Trade Measures with Turkey Must Require End of
    Turkey's Military Occupation of Cyprus, Blockade of Armenia

    WASHINGTON, DC - The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) and the
    Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) sent a joint letter to
    the acting head of the Office of the United States Trade
    Representative, Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, to encourage the Obama
    Administration to ensure that any future trade measures involving the
    Republic of Turkey, including both bilateral and European
    Union-related agreements, require, as a statutory precondition, that
    Turkey end its illegal economic blockade of Armenia and its unlawful
    military occupation of Cyprus.

    `We welcome your leadership on the expansion of U.S. trade and
    investment based on a fair playing field and respect for the rule of
    law,' wrote the signatories of the letter, AHI President Nick
    Larigakis and ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian.


    The American Hellenic Institute is an independent non-profit Greek
    American public policy center that works to strengthen relations
    between the United States and Greece and Cyprus, and within the Greek
    American community.

    The Letter: http://ahiworld.com/pdfs/2013ANCAletter.pdf

    March 26, 2013

    The Honorable Demetrios Marantis
    Acting United States Trade Representative
    Office of the United States Trade Representative
    600 17th Street NW
    Washington, DC 20508

    Dear Ambassador Marantis:

    On behalf of our respective communities, we are writing to encourage
    the Obama Administration to ensure
    that any future trade measures involving the Republic of Turkey,
    including both bilateral and European
    Union-related agreements, require, as a statutory precondition, that
    Turkey end its illegal economic
    blockade of Armenia and its unlawful military occupation of Cyprus.

    We raise this concern in connection to the White House's March 20,
    2013 notification to Congress of its
    intent to negotiate a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
    with the European Union, and the
    Turkish government's own stated interest in joining this agreement and
    also in reaching its own Free Trade
    Agreement with the United States.

    We welcome your leadership on the expansion of U.S. trade and
    investment based on a fair playing field
    and respect for the rule of law. In the case of Turkey, however, it is
    clear that the United States would not
    advance our national interests, our economic welfare, or our core
    values in any meaningful or enduring
    manner by rewarding a nation that so egregiously and flagrantly
    undermines the integrity of the global trading
    system by occupying a European Union member state and maintaining the
    last closed border in Europe.
    We appreciate your attention to this matter, and would very much
    welcome both a written response to our
    concerns and the opportunity to meet with you and your staff to
    discuss these and other reservations in
    greater detail.

    Sincerely,

    Nick Larigakis
    President Executive Director
    AMERICAN HELLENIC INSTITUTE
    1220 16th Street, NW
    Washington, DC 20036


    Aram Hamparian
    Executive Director
    ARMENIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF AMERICA
    1711 N Street, NW
    Washington, DC 20036


    http://ahiworld.com/media-center/press-releases/2013/1746-ahi-anca-future-trade-measures-with-turkey-must-require-end-of-turkeys-military-occupation-of-cyprus-blockade-of-armenia.html#.UWHzowNV5YA.blogger

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