ANKARA "ADVISES" OBAMA TO REFRAIN FROM ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION

PanARMENIAN.Net
18.12.2008 17:32 GMT+04:00

A delegation from the Turkish Foreign Ministry paid a visit
to Washington to hold a series of talks with the team of
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and his Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton, Hurriyet daily reports.

The Turkish delegation got the impression that the administration
will advise Obama to refrain from using the term Genocide in his
annual April 24 commemoration statement.

They also delivered a message saying, in part, that "bringing the
Armenian claims to Congress will damage not only Turkish-American
relations but also the new period of dialogue between Yerevan and
Ankara."

During his election campaign, Barack Obama pledged to recognize the
Armenian Genocide if elected President.