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ANCA INVITES KERRY TO ATTEND CAPITOL HILL ARMENIAN GENOCIDE OBSERVANCE
April 12, 2013 - 14:06 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The chairman of the Armenian National Committee
of America (ANCA) Ken Hachikian has formally invited John Kerry, as
Secretary of State, to attend the same Capitol Hill Armenian Genocide
observance that he addressed during his tenure as a U.S. Senator.
As Hachikian noted in his letter of invitation, "senior Administration
officials, frequently participated in Armenian Genocide Observances
as recently as the late 1990s. Unfortunately, we have witnessed a
sharp departure from this tradition, even as we have seen increased
participation by Administration representatives in programs hosted by
organizations that actively deny this atrocity against all humanity."
"We turn to you to start your tenure as Secretary in the right
direction on this score by personally participating, along with your
Obama Administration colleagues, in the upcoming April 24 Armenian
Genocide observance on Capitol Hill."
"We raise this issue with you in the spirit of the letter we sent you
earlier this year noting how very pleased we were to see the Department
of State being led by someone with your long and distinguished record
of leadership on U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide. It was
in the same context of shared values that we continue to offer you
our help in facilitating a continued dialogue with our community,
and we ask you to urge President Obama to honor his as yet unfulfilled
pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide," the letter said.
April 12, 2013 - 14:06 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The chairman of the Armenian National Committee
of America (ANCA) Ken Hachikian has formally invited John Kerry, as
Secretary of State, to attend the same Capitol Hill Armenian Genocide
observance that he addressed during his tenure as a U.S. Senator.
As Hachikian noted in his letter of invitation, "senior Administration
officials, frequently participated in Armenian Genocide Observances
as recently as the late 1990s. Unfortunately, we have witnessed a
sharp departure from this tradition, even as we have seen increased
participation by Administration representatives in programs hosted by
organizations that actively deny this atrocity against all humanity."
"We turn to you to start your tenure as Secretary in the right
direction on this score by personally participating, along with your
Obama Administration colleagues, in the upcoming April 24 Armenian
Genocide observance on Capitol Hill."
"We raise this issue with you in the spirit of the letter we sent you
earlier this year noting how very pleased we were to see the Department
of State being led by someone with your long and distinguished record
of leadership on U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide. It was
in the same context of shared values that we continue to offer you
our help in facilitating a continued dialogue with our community,
and we ask you to urge President Obama to honor his as yet unfulfilled
pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide," the letter said.