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CONGRESSMAN CICILLINE CALLS FOR RECOGNITION AND APOLOGY FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
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12:31 17.05.2013
U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), a member of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee, today called on Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is visiting the United States, to formally
acknowledge and apologize for the Armenian Genocide. Cicilline issued
the following statement:
"Two million Armenian men, women and children living under the
jurisdiction of the Ottoman Empire were systematically slaughtered or
forced to leave their homeland. There is no doubt that this heinous,
organized assault on the Armenian people constituted the first genocide
of the 20th century. And yet, even today, nearly a hundred years
later, the Turkish government continues to ignore the preponderance
of evidence and deny a historical reality."
"As Prime Minister Erdogan works to improve his country's standing
in the Middle East, and develop a stronger relationship with the
United States, he should take this opportunity to acknowledge the
atrocities that occurred once and for all, and issue a formal apology
to the survivors and the descendants of the victims. His failure to
do so would serve only to deepen an indelible stain on the history
of his nation."
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/05/17/with-turkish-pm-visiting-dc-congressman-cicilline-calls-for-recognition-and-apology-for-armenian-genocide/
12:31 17.05.2013
U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), a member of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee, today called on Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is visiting the United States, to formally
acknowledge and apologize for the Armenian Genocide. Cicilline issued
the following statement:
"Two million Armenian men, women and children living under the
jurisdiction of the Ottoman Empire were systematically slaughtered or
forced to leave their homeland. There is no doubt that this heinous,
organized assault on the Armenian people constituted the first genocide
of the 20th century. And yet, even today, nearly a hundred years
later, the Turkish government continues to ignore the preponderance
of evidence and deny a historical reality."
"As Prime Minister Erdogan works to improve his country's standing
in the Middle East, and develop a stronger relationship with the
United States, he should take this opportunity to acknowledge the
atrocities that occurred once and for all, and issue a formal apology
to the survivors and the descendants of the victims. His failure to
do so would serve only to deepen an indelible stain on the history
of his nation."