Erdogan sprinted in exactly the opposite direction: ANCA
12:44 / 12/09/2009
“Turkish Prime Minister Recp Tayyip Erdogan, having secured at least temporarily, the silence of yet another Administration on the Armenian Genocide, has used his U.S. visit to further press Turkey's advantage — dramatically escalating his genocide denial rhetoric, reinforcing Turkey's &‘Protocols’ preconditions for lifting its blockade of Armenia, and attempting to use Ankara's new found leverage in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process to deliver a pro-Azerbaijani settlement of this conflict,” reads the press release available on the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) website.
ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian underlined that “Today, more than seven months into the silence of yet another U.S. Administration on the Armenian Genocide, it's painfully clear that Erdogan has not, as President Obama had hoped, moved toward a full, frank and just acknowledgement of the facts — but rather sprinted in exactly the opposite direction, dramatically ramping up his denial rhetoric and pressing more aggressively against U.S. recognition of this crime.” “As we've said from day one, for Erdogan and his government, the Protocols are not about peace. They represent simply another tactic by Turkey to extend U.S. complicity in Turkey's denials from one April 24th to the next,” he added.
“In addition to escalating his Armenian Genocide denial demands, Erdogan also made clear that his government would not respect either of the two U.S. priorities for Turkey-Armenia normalization: no preconditions and a reasonable timeframe,” the source reads.
A.G.
News from Armenia
ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian underlined that “Today, more than seven months into the silence of yet another U.S. Administration on the Armenian Genocide, it's painfully clear that Erdogan has not, as President Obama had hoped, moved toward a full, frank and just acknowledgement of the facts — but rather sprinted in exactly the opposite direction, dramatically ramping up his denial rhetoric and pressing more aggressively against U.S. recognition of this crime.” “As we've said from day one, for Erdogan and his government, the Protocols are not about peace. They represent simply another tactic by Turkey to extend U.S. complicity in Turkey's denials from one April 24th to the next,” he added.
“In addition to escalating his Armenian Genocide denial demands, Erdogan also made clear that his government would not respect either of the two U.S. priorities for Turkey-Armenia normalization: no preconditions and a reasonable timeframe,” the source reads.
A.G.
News from Armenia
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