A MAJOR THINK TANK CALLS ON PRESIDENT OBAMA NOT TO USE THE WORD GENOCIDE

PanARMENIAN.Net
01.04.2009 17:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A major think tank calls on President Obama not
to recognize the killings of Armenians as ‘genocide.’ ‘If Obama uses
the word Genocide, the Turkish response will be harsh and trigger a
bitter breach in relations,’ the CSIS says.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a major
and bipartisan think tank in the United States capital, Monday called
on President Barack Obama not to recognize World War I-era killings
of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as Genocide.

Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security adviser for former President
Jimmy Carter, and Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser for former
Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush, jointly introduced the
CSIS report at a meeting.

"If President Obama takes no action to prevent congressional enactment
of the (Armenian) resolution (pending in the House of Representatives),
endorses the measure, or uses the word Genocide himself, the Turkish
response will be harsh and trigger a bitter breach in relations,"
the CSIS said.

It said the United States, "rather than seek to legislate history,"
should encourage and support rapprochement that Turkey and Armenia
are trying to accomplish.