ARMENIAN ISSUE COULD BE DEFINING TURKEY-US RELATIONS, EX-AMBASSADOR SAYS

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12.02.2009 13:23

"The Armenian lobby in Washington is fully mobilized and highly
motivated to re-launch its attempts to have recognized the Armenian
claims regarding the 1915 incidents but that does not mean their
allegations would be recognized by the White House," a former
ambassador of the US to Ankara said, Hurriyet Daily reports.

"The bad news is that the Armenian lobby is fully mobilized, highly
motivated and in possession of unprecedentedly clear and unqualified
commitments from leading members of the new Administration that the
events of 1915 will be termed ‘genocide’," Mark Parris, retired US
Ambassador to Ankara said at a dinner in Istanbul hosted by Turkey’s
International Investors Association.

Parris, who is currently a consultant to the Washington-based
Brookings Institute, said he does not think it necessarily means
either a resolution or a statement by the White House will be realized.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress