R. KIRAKOSYAN SAYS B. OBAMA WILL NOT USE THE TERM OF "GENOCIDE"

ARMENPRESS
APRIL 21, 2010
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, APRIL 21, ARMENPRESS: US President Barack Obama will not use
on April 24 the definition of "genocide", Director of the Strategic
and National Research Center of Armenia Richard Kirakosyan made such
a forecast today at a meeting with journalists.

"I do not need that the US president says that what I already know
for sure. The fact of the genocide is undeniable, and I do not wait
for its ratification by Swedish or other parliaments," R. Kirakosyan
stressed. According to the analyst, recognition of the Armenian
Genocide by different countries is important, but more important is
its recognition by Turkey. "We should say that there is a progress
in Turkey. The "mental limits" are getting open. Turkish viewpoints
over the own history are changing," the speaker underscored.

According to him, April 24 unites all the Armenians, "That day
Armenians of all over the world think of one thing and act in one
direction. But only that is not enough. A Diaspora-Armenian should
look in the direction of his/her homeland and think of living here,"
R. Kirakosyan said.