BARACK OBAMA DIDN’T USE "GENOCIDE" IN LETTER TO ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA

APA
Dec 4 2009
Azerbaijan

Washington – APA. "I agree that normalization between Armenia
and Turkey should move forward without preconditions and within a
reasonable timeframe," said U.S. President Barack Obama in a letter
to Hirair Hovnanian, chairman of the Armenian Assembly of America,
APA reports quoting ArmToday.

The letter was sent in response to a joint appeal to Obama from
Armenian Diaspora. The American Armenians urged Obama to honor his
campaign pledges to recognize the "Armenian genocide", but in his
reply, Obama again didn’t use the word "genocide" calling 1915 events
as "one of the great atrocities of the 20th century". I believe that
the best way to advance that goal is for the Armenian and Turkish
people to address the facts of the past as part of their efforts to
move forward", said Obama.