ERDOGAN WILL TRAVEL TO US DURING CRITICAL PERIOD

PanARMENIAN.Net
03.03.2010 21:13 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will attend
a nuclear security summit in the United States, hosted by President
Barack Obama. However, because the visit is on April 11, the trip is
likely to be dominated by the lead-up to April 24, Armenian Genocide
commemoration day.

While Turkey’s prime minister ostensibly travels to the United States
for a meeting on nuclear security in April, the visit is likely to be
overshadowed by the run-up to April 24, a day of critical importance
to Armenians, Hurriyet Daily News reported.

Congressional resolution that affirms U.S. record on the Armenian
Genocide and recommends to the executive branch to reflect this
understanding in its policies will be formally considered by the
House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee on March 4.

The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic
destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during
and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres, and
deportations involving forced marches under conditions designed to
lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths
reaching 1.5 million.

The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the
Genocide survivors.

To date, twenty countries and 44 U.S. states have officially recognized
the events of the period as genocide, and most genocide scholars and
historians accept this view.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress