US ARMENIANS REFUSE TO MEET NALBANDIAN

AzerNews Weekly
May 13 2009
Azerbaijan

Members of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) refused
to meet with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian during his
visit to Washington last week, according to the US-based Armenian
Reporter newspaper.

Only representatives of the Armenian Assembly of America met with
Nalbandian.

Pundits did not rule out that ANCA`s decision was due to the developing
relations between Turkey and Armenia.

Protesting against the ongoing talks on normalization of
Turkish-Armenian relations, the Committee stated that the talks aimed
to distract attention from the "genocide of Armenians."

Armenia and Turkey have been at odds and the border between the
two countries has been closed since 1993 on Ankara`s insistence due
to Armenia`s occupying Azerbaijani territory and Armenian genocide
claims. Yerevan is failing both to end the occupation and to relinquish
its territorial claims against Turkey, as well as continues propagating
the alleged genocide claims throughout the world. However, there
have been signs of normalization in Ankara-Yerevan ties of late,
and the two countries` officials have held several rounds of talks
on various levels.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress