Sen.Menendez went on to restate the importance of international
recognition of the Armenian Genocide
04.10.2009 19:41 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Senate Foreign Relations Committee member and
outspoken advocate of international affirmation of the Armenian
Genocide, Sen. Bob Menendez, called provisions in the Turkey Armenia
protocols which would create a historical commission `frankly absurd.’
The New Jersey legislator went on to state that `I do not think that
Armenia should be pressured into anything that is not in their
national interests or in the long-term national interests of the
United States.’

Expanding on his concerns of the Protocol’s historical commission
provision, Sen. Menendez called such an action `an insult to the
Armenian people. It is an insult to the memory of the victims. It is
an insult to the top scholars who have clearly spoken on this issue
and issued their unequivocal conclusions.’

Sen. Menendez went on to restate the importance of international
recognition of the Armenian Genocide. `The Armenian Genocide is an
irrefutable fact of history,’ explained the Senator. `It is time that
Turkey recognizes it and accepts it. It is time that the world
acknowledges this fact of history and moves on towards a viable peace
that honors the true history of the Armenian people.’