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    GENOCIDE 100: DASHNAK LEADER SAYS "TSUNAMI" HAS BEGUN

    GENOCIDE | 20.04.15 | 15:51

    GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN
    ArmeniaNow reporter

    Giro Manoyan, director of the International Secretariat of the Armenian
    Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) Bureau in Yerevan, says the
    predicted "tsunami" of publicity has occurred ahead of commemoration
    of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

    Manoyan told reporters Monday that especially last week when the Pope
    recognized the Ottoman Turks' slaughter of up to 1.5 million Armenians
    in 1915 as the first genocide of the 20th century, the Pontiff's
    statement started the tsunami that Turkey is so much afraid of.

    "This means that during the following days the tsunami will continue,
    especially through different events organized in Yerevan on April
    22-24. All this is the result of both decades of work and the work
    of the recent years, realized both by individuals and organizations,
    institutions and state and the Church," Manoyan said.

    According to Manoyan, Turkey also failed with its initiative of the
    centennial of the Gallipoli battle, which was supposed to cast a
    shadow on April 24 events devoted to the Armenian Genocide.

    "It did not happen and never will, on the contrary, with that
    initiative Turkey created excessive interest in our events and in
    general, big international organizations will definitely have their
    opinion, which Turkey is trying to stop," Manoyan said adding that
    Turkey will not burn bridges with any country which recognized the
    Genocide, they will simply make rough announcements during these
    months, and then everything will normalize.

    Referring to U.S. President Barrack Obama's broken pledge to use the
    word "genocide" in six annual commemoration day speeches, Manoyan
    said that president himself made a promise, and if he does not want
    to keep his promise, it is his problem.

    "If until May 9 when main American events will be taking place in
    Washington (Obama) does not fulfill his promise, we should not only
    stop inquiring, but also say that we do not want it anymore. It is
    a fact now that if the Turkish President says it, the US President
    also will," Manoyan says.

    http://armenianow.com/genocide/62522/garo_manoyan_dashnaks_barrack_obama_genocide_recog nition

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