ARMEN MARTIROSYAN: WE DID NOT EXPECT US PRESIDENT OBAMA TO USE GENOCIDE TERM

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 25, 2010 – 00:11 AMT 19:11 GMT

We did not expect US President Obama to use Genocide term in his
annual April 24 address, Heritage chairman Armen Martirosyan stated.

As he told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Obama refrained from using the
term Genocide so as not to harm Armenia-Turkey rapprochement process.

"On the other hand, the address is demonstrative of US attitude to
history, their archives containing numerous materials proving the
fact of Armenian Genocide," he noted.

"Turkey will continue to hamper international recognition of Genocide
until Armenia withdraws from rapprochement process," Armenian
politician believes.

In his annual address to US Armenian community President Obama once
again termed the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire as Mets Yeghern.