ARFD COMMITTEES INTEND TO ACHIEVE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE FULL RECOGNITION BY U.S. CONGRESS

PanARMENIAN.Net
05.03.2010 15:28 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The question of international recognition of the
Armenian Genocide can not be traded. This recognition is a moral
obligation for all countries in the world, Armen Rustamyan, chairman
of the Standing Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Affairs, member
of the ARFD Supreme Body told a press conference in Yerevan.

In his opinion, the Armenian-Turkish Protocols impede the process of
international recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

"Turkey must not hope that may hinder our just struggle. All the ARF
structures will continue working towards a full recognition of the
Armenian Genocide by the U.S. Congress," Armen Rustamyan said.

He added that the adoption of resolution 252 on the Armenian Genocide
Committee of the House of Representatives important, but inconclusive
victory, and stressed that Armenia must mobilize all its forces for
the adoption of a resolution by Congress.

According to Armen Rustamian Armenia must ratify them only with
reservations. This, according to him, would not contradict to Armenia’s
obligations under international agreements.

Turkey, turning from preconditions to open threats and blackmail,
today stimulates the possibility of renewed war in the Karabakh
conflict zone.

ARFD is actively working with the Social Democratic Party of Sweden
to achieve the Armenian Genocide recognition by the Swedish Parliament.

Voting in the Swedish Parliament will be held on March 11.

On April 24 the U.S. President, on the pretext of Armenian-Turkish
normalization again, can avoid the "Genocide" term in his speech. "The
Committee’s decision has no legal effect and does not obligate the
U.S. president to anything," Manoyan said.

On March 4 the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign
Affairs adopted Armenian Genocide resolution (H.Res.252) by 23 votes
"in favour" and with 22 votes "against". After the vote in the
appropriate committee, the resolution will be sent to the House of
Representatives for a final vote.

The resolution affirming the U.S. record on the Armenian
Genocide (H.Res.252) was formally introduced in the U.S. House of
Representatives by Reps. Adam Schiff (D.-CA), George Radanovich
(R.-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D.-NJ), and Mark Kirk (R.-Ill) in 2009.

It currently has 137 co-sponsors.