DANIEL FRIED: THE US WANTS FAIR DIALOGUE OF ARMENIA AND TURKEY
Public Radio, Armenia
Oct 23 2006
The topic of the Armenian Genocide is very complex and demands a
complete and all-embracing answer, US Assistant Secretary of State
on Europe and Eurasia Daniel Fried said in a press conference in
Brussels, commenting on the adoption of the bill penalizing negation
of the Armenian Genocide denial by the French Parliament.
The Assistant Secretary of State noted that despite the fact that
the US has never characterized the events in the Ottoman Empire as
"genocide," it does not mean that the US underestimates the seriousness
of the above-mentioned events or denies the mass killing of Armenians
in 1915. Daniel Fried noted that it is senseless to dispute over the
issue. In his words, Washington wants Armenians and Turks to have
fair approach to the question and according to him, some Turks are
already urging their government to behave this way.
"I’m not sure that resolutions like the bill adopted in the French
Parliament will endorse the process," US Assistant Secretary of
State noted.
From: Baghdasarian