ANCA ADDRESS TO RA PRESIDENT
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20:55 / 10/05/2009
Kenneth V. Hachikian, Chairman of Armenian National Committee of
America (ANCA), addressed RA President Serzh Sargsyan. The letter
reads:
"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.
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."