CHARLES AZNAVOUR JOINS THE LETTER OF THE EUROPEAN ARMENIANS TO BARACK OBAMA
AZG Armenian Daily
April 17 2009
Armenia
Noyan Tapan has received from Mr Ashot Grigorian, the President
of Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe, the following letter
addressed to the U.S. President Barack Obama. Many famous Armenians
living in Europe, including, Singer Charles Aznavour (France), Sergey
Khachatryan – Violinist (Germany), Arthur Abraham – World Champion
in Boxing (Germany), Levon Aronyan – Chess Grandmaster (Germany),
Hilda Tchoboian, President of Federation Euro-Armenien (France),
and Mr Ashot Grigorian (Slovakia), joined the letter.
"We, representatives of the Armenian communities in Europe, express
our deepest and utmost gratitude to you for your stance during your
pre-election campaign on the issue of the Armenian Genocide. We feel
confident that your continuous efforts will contribute to the adoption
of a respective Resolution on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide
by the U.S. Congress.
Honorable President, European Armenian communities have hitherto
contributed to the adoption of similar resolutions by the Parliaments
of a number of European countries with belief that this will benefit to
the development of Turkish-Armenian relations and friendy cooperation
between these neighbor countries. By helping Turkey reconcile with
its past and enhance working relations with its neighboring country,
we contribute to the development of democracy in this country which
will pave the way for it to join the European Union as a full member
in the future.
Adoption of a Resolution recognizing and condemning the Armenian
Genocide by the United States will greatly contribute to this
historical process and will help the Turkish authorities to ‘cross
Rubicon’ and rid themselves of the heavy burden inherited from
the past.
We eagerly await your speech on April 24 in faith and hope and we
express our admiration and deepest gratitude for your newly initiated
efforts".