ADL sent open letter to Obama on Armenian Genocide issue
12.09.2009 23:10 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (ADL) District
Committee of US and Canada appeals to U.S. President Barack Obama on
the issue of Armenian Genocide. The whole text of the open letter is
presented below:
`Dear Mr. President,
Your election as the leader of world’s most powerful nation on earth
restored America’s credibility among nations and placed the country on
the path of its Founding Father’s.
We believe that your vision will be able to bring peace to the world
and prosperity at home, because your policies match America’s moral
authority to its military strength.
It was that vision which took all Americans by storm and gave a
landslide mandate to your administration.
The one-million-strong American-Armenian community was also mobilized
to join the movement, mostly inspired by your unswerving stand on
issues that concern us. Your continued actions as a senator, and later
your pledge as a presidential candidate did not leave any doubt that
this time around, moral fortitude would prevail over political
expediency.
Most reassuring was specially your statement made on April 12, 2007,
which said in particular: `For those who aren’t aware, there was a
genocide that did take place against the Armenian people. It is one of
these situations where we have seen a constant denial on the part of
the Turkish government and others that this occurred.’
In April 2009, your statement about the Martyrs’ Day Commemoration,
unfortunately fell short of your earlier pledges, allowing the Turkish
government to pretend a breakthrough in Armenian-Turkish relations and
then retract.
However, we do believe that your other public and private relevant
statements in Ankara and your administration’s relentless political
actions have brought about a change in the Turkish government’s
longstanding intransigence. We believe that those changes must not
stand in your way to fulfill your pledge and moreover deny Turki
o find subterfuge in America’s hesitation.
For many years, the premise that using the word `Genocide’ may harm
American-Turkish relations has proven wrong. Every time Turkey makes
headway in that direction, America’s moral paradigm is
compromised. Hiding festering wounds will not help healing.
Thanks to your leadership, recent protocols were made public by the
respective foreign ministries of Armenia, Turkey and
Switzerland. Those advances must not pre-empt America’s moral
standing, nor the credibility of its foreign policy.
We urge you at this critical time for the entire Caucasus region to
confront Turkish leaders with the historic truth. That will help, in
the first place, to heal the deep wounds in the history of the Turkish
people, thereby laying the foundations of a true democracy, allowing
that country to join the family of civilized nations.
We believe that will also be consonant with your conscience and with
America’s global leadership and will help Armenia regain its place in
the world.
Sincerely,
Edmond Azadian Papken Megerian
Co-chairman Co-chairman
ADL District Committee of US and Canada’
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
