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U.S. Ambassador Heffern: "President Obama uses words that will assist
Armenian-Turkish reconciliation:
Sona Avagyan
15:03, May 24, 2013
When asked by reporters why President Obama didn't use the word
`genocide' in his April 24th speech, U.S. Ambassador John Heffern
stated that the U.S. leader used words that would `assist the
reconciliation process' between Armenia and Turkey.
Ambassador Heffern made the comment at a photo exhibition entitled
Orphans of the Genocide, which deals with the activities of the Near
East Relief Foundation.
When asked by this reporter how the use of the term genocide by the
president would hinder the reconciliation process, Ambassador Heffern
responded, `Politics is based on reconciliation. The words used by the
present are those that will assist such reconciliation in our
judgement.'
Ambassador Heffern said that President Obama's April 24th speech
contains a very clear formulation that accepts historical facts.
`One and a half million Armenians were slaughtered and sent to their
deaths during the last days of the Ottoman Empire. One of the worst
barbaric acts of our times,' John Heffern added.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/26794/us-ambassador-heffern-president-obama-uses-words-that-will-assist-armenian-turkish-reconciliation.html
Armenian-Turkish reconciliation:
Sona Avagyan
15:03, May 24, 2013
When asked by reporters why President Obama didn't use the word
`genocide' in his April 24th speech, U.S. Ambassador John Heffern
stated that the U.S. leader used words that would `assist the
reconciliation process' between Armenia and Turkey.
Ambassador Heffern made the comment at a photo exhibition entitled
Orphans of the Genocide, which deals with the activities of the Near
East Relief Foundation.
When asked by this reporter how the use of the term genocide by the
president would hinder the reconciliation process, Ambassador Heffern
responded, `Politics is based on reconciliation. The words used by the
present are those that will assist such reconciliation in our
judgement.'
Ambassador Heffern said that President Obama's April 24th speech
contains a very clear formulation that accepts historical facts.
`One and a half million Armenians were slaughtered and sent to their
deaths during the last days of the Ottoman Empire. One of the worst
barbaric acts of our times,' John Heffern added.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/26794/us-ambassador-heffern-president-obama-uses-words-that-will-assist-armenian-turkish-reconciliation.html