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OBAMA HAS NOT CHANGED HIS APPROACHES OVER ARMENIAN GENOCIDE - ARF-D REP
17:16 ~U 23.04.13
Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnkatsutyun (ARF-D) MP Vahan
Hovannisian is not interested whether US President Barack Obama will
utter the term 'Armenian genocide' or not.
Speaking to Tert.am, he said the US President has already expressed
his viewpoint and has not changed his approaches after re-election.
"If he has not changed, he understands that he should describe the
Armenian genocide with the word 'genocide' but he does not do it with
clear reasons, from their viewpoint clear. We do not understand it but
their political environment, their conditions make some limitations
but he has stated that he has not changed his approach, thus I am not
interested whether he will say it today or tomorrow," Hovannisian said.
In his annual speech last year Barack Obama used the term 'Meds
Yeghern.' According to some opinions, Obama will utter the word
genocide at the 100th anniversary of Armenian Genocide. Vahan
Hovannisian described it as 'Armenian disease'.
"You want the Genocide recognition or fight for compensation be
reached by the hands of the others. It must be done by Armenians.
Armenians must fight to be able to eliminate the consequences of the
genocide and prevent the further dangers. But we are waiting whether
he will say or not. We must fight and in this case everyone will say
it without hesitating," he said.
Asked about the proposal of the US President to cut the financial aid
to Armenia for the 2014 fiscal year, Hovannisian said it is a result
of crisis and the USA cuts a number of budget expenses.
"To avoid politicization of the issue, we are fighting to make this
cut be as small as possible. But we see that they are being made in
a number of areas," he said.
Asked whether he does not agree the cut with the interior political
situation in Armenia, Hovannisian said "if it was agreed with it they
would not have given anything."
Armenian News - Tert.am
17:16 ~U 23.04.13
Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnkatsutyun (ARF-D) MP Vahan
Hovannisian is not interested whether US President Barack Obama will
utter the term 'Armenian genocide' or not.
Speaking to Tert.am, he said the US President has already expressed
his viewpoint and has not changed his approaches after re-election.
"If he has not changed, he understands that he should describe the
Armenian genocide with the word 'genocide' but he does not do it with
clear reasons, from their viewpoint clear. We do not understand it but
their political environment, their conditions make some limitations
but he has stated that he has not changed his approach, thus I am not
interested whether he will say it today or tomorrow," Hovannisian said.
In his annual speech last year Barack Obama used the term 'Meds
Yeghern.' According to some opinions, Obama will utter the word
genocide at the 100th anniversary of Armenian Genocide. Vahan
Hovannisian described it as 'Armenian disease'.
"You want the Genocide recognition or fight for compensation be
reached by the hands of the others. It must be done by Armenians.
Armenians must fight to be able to eliminate the consequences of the
genocide and prevent the further dangers. But we are waiting whether
he will say or not. We must fight and in this case everyone will say
it without hesitating," he said.
Asked about the proposal of the US President to cut the financial aid
to Armenia for the 2014 fiscal year, Hovannisian said it is a result
of crisis and the USA cuts a number of budget expenses.
"To avoid politicization of the issue, we are fighting to make this
cut be as small as possible. But we see that they are being made in
a number of areas," he said.
Asked whether he does not agree the cut with the interior political
situation in Armenia, Hovannisian said "if it was agreed with it they
would not have given anything."
Armenian News - Tert.am