Ara Najaryan.-
Obama is playing a game with US Armenians
15:31 • 08.07.10
American-Armenians based in Glendale greatly backed US President Barack Obama during presidential elections, but he did nothing in return, Glendale's mayor Ara Najaryan told a press conference in Yerevan.
"Armenians are very much offended that Barack Obama backtracked his election pledge [to recognize the Armenian Genocide in 1915] and he seems to be playing with us," said Najaryan, pointing to Obama's usage of the term Medz Yeghern while referring to the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by young Turks in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire in the beginning of the 20th century.
In his opinion, it was the immense efforts of the Turkish lobby that prevented Obama from keeping his promise.
Further he said he was hopeful that the US President would use the proper term [Genocide] in his commemoration speech next April 24.
Speaking about the suspended process of the Armenia-Turkey rapprochement Najaryan said that the Armenian community held rallies in US against this process fearful that once the Armenia-Turkey Protocols ratified the two parties would create a commission of historians that would discuss the fact of the Armenian Genocide, which would, in turn, mean questioning the fact of Genocide itself.
When it comes to the opening of the border between Armenia and Turkey, according to Najaryan, the Armenian Diaspora should not interfere, and the citizens of Armenia should decide upon it themselves.
Najaryan also spoke about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, saying that a peaceful settlement of the conflict would be a better option. Though, according to him, together with Armenians living in Armenia the Diasporan Armenians too are ready to fight for Karabakh, should a war be re-unleashed.
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American-Armenians based in Glendale greatly backed US President Barack Obama during presidential elections, but he did nothing in return, Glendale's mayor Ara Najaryan told a press conference in Yerevan.
"Armenians are very much offended that Barack Obama backtracked his election pledge [to recognize the Armenian Genocide in 1915] and he seems to be playing with us," said Najaryan, pointing to Obama's usage of the term Medz Yeghern while referring to the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by young Turks in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire in the beginning of the 20th century.
In his opinion, it was the immense efforts of the Turkish lobby that prevented Obama from keeping his promise.
Further he said he was hopeful that the US President would use the proper term [Genocide] in his commemoration speech next April 24.
Speaking about the suspended process of the Armenia-Turkey rapprochement Najaryan said that the Armenian community held rallies in US against this process fearful that once the Armenia-Turkey Protocols ratified the two parties would create a commission of historians that would discuss the fact of the Armenian Genocide, which would, in turn, mean questioning the fact of Genocide itself.
When it comes to the opening of the border between Armenia and Turkey, according to Najaryan, the Armenian Diaspora should not interfere, and the citizens of Armenia should decide upon it themselves.
Najaryan also spoke about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, saying that a peaceful settlement of the conflict would be a better option. Though, according to him, together with Armenians living in Armenia the Diasporan Armenians too are ready to fight for Karabakh, should a war be re-unleashed.
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