Armenian National Committee of America
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PRESS RELEASE
October 2, 2009
Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian
Tel: (202) 775-1918
ARMENIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF AMERICA PROTESTS PROTOCOL PRESSURE
ON ARMENIA
"There can, as a matter of both basic morality and political
reality, be no enduring relationship between Armenia and Turkey
that is not built upon the foundation of Turkey’s acceptance of a
true and just resolution of the Armenian Genocide."
— ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian
WASHINGTON, DC – The Armenian National Committee of America today
issued the following statement on the Turkey-Armenia Protocols.
"The ANCA stands with the Armenian American community in working to
stop the intense pressure by Turkey and its allies to force Armenia
into accepting a flawed and dangerous set of Protocols that
threaten the security of Armenia, surrender the rights of the
Armenian nation, and insult the dignity of the Armenian people."
"Among the ANCA’s primary concerns, in keeping with the basic
American principles of fairness and the enduring values of the
Armenian nation, is that Armenia, blockaded by Turkey and under
intense economic and diplomatic pressure, is being forced into
accepting terms that threaten her interests, rights, safety, and
future – very notably in the form of a proposed "historical
commission." This provision, a tactic long pursued by Ankara to
cast doubt on the historical record of the Armenian Genocide, is
intended to serve Turkey’s drive to roll back the growing tide of
international recognition of this crime against humanity. There
can, as a matter of basic morality and political reality, be no
enduring relationship between Armenia and Turkey that is not built
upon the foundation of Turkey’s acceptance of a true and just
resolution of the Armenian Genocide."
"These protocols also undermine the right to freedom and self-
determination of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic, surrender the
historical rights of the Armenian nation to a just resolution of
the Armenian Genocide. For these, and other reasons noted in the
ANCA’s point-by-point analysis (see link below) of the Protocols,
the ANCA opposes the pressure that his being applied upon Armenia
to accept this set of reckless and destructive concessions."
"ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian expressed the Armenian American
community’s outrage at the ill-advised and morally unacceptable
U.S. pressure on the Armenian government to accept the flawed
Protocols, citing recent reports in the New York Times and
elsewhere regarding Secretary Clinton’s personal ‘prodding’ and
‘pushing’ of the Armenian government to accept the Protocols in the
face of broad-based opposition both in Armenia and the Armenian
Diaspora. " (See link below to Hachikian’s letter to Secretary
Clinton).
"A recent on-line poll found over 90% of Armenian Americans are
opposed the adoption of the Turkey-Armenia Protocols (see link
below to survey results). The scope and depth of the overwhelming
opposition to these agreements has been reflected in grassroots
demonstrations in Los Angeles, New York, and in other cities across
the United States and around the world, which are set to continue
during Armenian President Serge Sargsian’s visit to the United
States on October 3rd and 4th."
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Relevant Links:
The ANCA’s point by point analysis of the Turkey-Armenia Protocols:
tocols_explained.pdf
ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian’s Letter to Secretary of State Clinton:
9_clintonletter.pdf
Asbarez / Armenian Weekly Survey on the Turkey-Armenia Protocols:
over-90-of-armenian-americans-oppose-protocols/
T o learn more about the Turkey-Armenia Protocols, visit:
http://ww w.justicenotprocols.com