ARMENIAN LOBBY HIGHLY MOTIVATED FOR GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.02.2009 19:07 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian lobby in Washington is fully mobilized
and highly motivated to re-launch its attempts to have recognized the
1915 incidents as Genocide, but that does not mean that the White
House will justify their hopes, a former ambassador of the U.S. to
Ankara said.
"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
U.S. Ambassador to Ankara said late on Wednesday 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 can be a reality.
"It is not a pretty picture from where we sit tonight… At the end
of the day someone in Washington will calculate where the American
interest lies and make the case. I think there are strong and
potentially compelling arguments that can be made that this is not
the time and there never be a proper time to approach this issue in
this way," he said, Hurriyet daily reports.