Manoyan: Any shift in the US policy toward Armenia would be a positive one

Yerkir/arm
November 05, 2004

“Concerns that the US would adopt a negative policy toward Armenia
because the Armenian National Committee of America and the Armenian
political parties of the United States supported Sen. Kerry in the
presidential election, are baseless,” Kiro Manoyan, ARF Bureau’s Hay
Dat and Political Office director said, according to an Armenpress
report.

Manoyan added that in the United States supporting one of the
candidates does not result in hostilities. “I believe any shift in
the US policy toward Armenia would be a positive one because the sides
saw the activism of the ANCA and the Armenian community and will try
to please them.”

Meanwhile, in US Congress election, held along with the presidential
election, ANCA supported 202 candidates â~@~S both Republican and
Democrat â~@~S and 158 of them were elected.

As for the ANCA’s plans with the new administration, Manoyan said that
the goals are defined based on the organization’s mission. “The issues
have not changed: to enhance Armenian-American relations, ensure US
support for strengthening Armenia, ensure a positive stance of the US
toward the Artsakh issue, recognition of the Armenian Genocide. This
is our agenda regardless who is in office.”

When asked doesn’t Bush’s victory indicate that he was not going
to recognize the Armenian Genocide in the next four years, Manoyan
noted that before the previous election, Bush promised to recognize
the Armenian Genocide but he didn’t.

So, Manoyan said, it made no sense to give such a promise again; all
the Armenian community has to do now is to pursue that the Genocide
issue, as well as other Armenia-related issues be considered by the
Bush administration more seriously.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress