Azg, Armenia
Oct 11 2007
Washington recognizes Turkey’s responsibility for genocide
Text of Hakob Chakryan’s report by Armenian newspaper Azg on 11
October headlined "The killings or deportation of 1.5m Armenians is
true, the assistant US secretary of state says in the presence of a
Turkish delegation"
A delegation of Turkish MPs led by Egemen Bagis had meetings on 10
October at the US State Department, the Pentagon and Congress before
the US Congress House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs
voted on the Armenian genocide resolution.
According to CNN Turk, although US Assistant Secretary of State
Daniel Fried presented the resolution as a misunderstanding in the
presence of the Turkish MPs and said that the Bush administration
will be able to prevent its approval, he said: "The horrible events
of 1915 are authentic, and 1.5m innocent Armenians were killed or
resettled. Any country, including the USA, should bear responsibility
for the dark pages of its history and sincerely reconcile itself to
its history."
In other words, US Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried made the
Turkish delegation, which also included the former ambassadors Sukru
Elekdag and Gunduz Aktan, understand that the efforts of the
Washington administration against the resolution do not at all imply
a denial of the Armenian genocide. Moreover, as his call for
reconciliation with history is addressed to the Republic of Turkey,
Washington recognizes Kemalists’ direct responsibility for the
genocide.
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