PROGRESS NOTICED IN RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BY U.S., RICHARD HOVHANNISIAN SAYS

Noyan Tapan
Apr 27 2007

YEREVAN, APRIL 27, NOYAN TAPAN. Everything was done in U.S. President
George Bush’s this year’s statement on the occasion of the 92th
anniversary of Armenian Genocide except the word "genocide," usage
of which is a matter of time.

American Armenian historian, professor of State University of
California Richard Hovhannisian reported at the April 27 press
conference. As he estimated, some progress is noticed in this issue,
as the statements of the previous years were softer.

R. Hovhannisian mentioned with satisfaction that nearly 40 out of
50 U.S. states have officially recognized the Armenian Genocide,
hundreds of cities of the states also recognize it every year.

In R. Hovhannisian’s words, this time the probability of adoption of
the resolution on Armenian Genocide by U.S. Congress is larger. This,
in his words, is first of all conditioned by the circumstance that
currently democrats make majority in the Congress and many members of
the Republican Party are also for adoption of the resolution. At the
same time, R. Hovhannisian said that great pressures are exerted upon
the Congressmen, as a result of which the voting of the resolution
was postponed.