OBAMA CONGRATULATED ARMENIAN AMERICANS ON ARMENIA’S INDEPENDENCE DAY

PanARMENIAN.Net
22.09.2008 15:16 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Presidential candidate Barack Obama joined with
Armenian Americans in celebrating Armenian Independence Day in
statement that noted Armenia’s first modern instance of independence
in 1918 and congratulated all Armenians on Armenia’s rebirth in
1991 as an independent state after 70 years of Soviet rule, Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA) Communications Director Elizabeth
Chouldjian told PanARMENIAN.Net.

Senator Obama has, at several points during the campaign season, shared
his views on Armenian American issues, including in a statement this
April dedicated to the remembrance of the Armenian Genocide. In January
of this year, in a statement on the eve of the California primary, he
outlined his views on a broad array of Armenian American concerns. The
Illinois legislator, who was then facing Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
for his party’s nomination, called for Congressional passage of the
Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res.106 & S.Res.106), and pledged
that, as president, he will recognize the Armenian Genocide. He also
reaffirmed his support for a strong "U.S.-Armenian relationship that
advances our common security and strengthens Armenian democracy,"
and promised to "promote Armenian security by seeking an end to the
Turkish and Azerbaijani blockades, and by working for a lasting and
durable settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict that is agreeable
to all parties, and based upon America’s founding commitment to the
principles of democracy and self determination."