ANCA: OBAMA OFFERED FRESH ‘GENOCIDE’ PLEDGE

Today’s Zaman
Nov 3 2008
Turkey

An influential US Armenian lobby has suggested that US Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment to
recognition of Armenian genocide allegations.

The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) announced on its
Web site that it received a statement dated Oct. 31 from the Obama
campaign.

"Barack Obama believes we must recognize this tragic reality and
strongly supports a U.S.-Armenian relationship that advances our common
security and strengthens Armenian democracy. Barack Obama strongly
supports passage of the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res.106 and
S.Res.106) and will recognize the Armenian Genocide," ANCA quoted
the statement as saying.

Yet the quoted statement was not aired on home page of Obama’s
campaign, unlike his earlier statements on the same issue.

ANCA underlined that the statement "came amid a flurry of reports
in the Turkish press regarding a meeting that supposedly took place
over the last several days between a senior Turkish official, Ahmet
Davutoglu, and a representative of the Obama-Biden campaign, after
which Davutoglu called into question Obama’s commitment to this core
human rights issue."