US AMBASSADOR RECEIVED HERITAGE PARTY’S LETTER ADDRESSED TO PRESIDENT OBAMA
PanArmenian
April 21 2009
Armenia
The protesters handed the US Ambassador the letter addressed to
Barack Obama. Steven Banks, Head of the US Embassy Political-Economic
Department, received rally participants. After the meeting with
the embassy’s high-ranking diplomat, Heritage Party activist David
Sanasaryan told the journalists that the party members had introduced
their positions on the United States recognition of the Armenian
Genocide. "Steven Banks promised to send the letter to the White
House," Sanasaryan said.
In response, Mr. Banks expressed concern over the possibility of
impairing Armenian-Turkish relations and said that "the US policy is
based on such considerations."
Heritage Party’s rally was dedicated to the 94th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide. In their letter, the party activists called on
the US President to keep his pre-election promise and recognize the
Armenian Genocide committed by Turkish authorities in 1915-23.