Statements made by Obama administration that so called Armenian genocide resolution should not be brought on the agenda of General Assembly of U.S. House of Representatives, irritated Armenian lobbies in United States.
Chairman of one of the major Armenian lobbying organizations in United States, Ken Hachikian reacted to President Barack Obama as he did not use the term “genocide” during his speech on April 24 and as his administration stated that so called Armenian genocide resolution should not be brought on the agenda of the General Assembly of US House of Representatives. According to the report of Public Radio of Armenia, Hachikian’s letter reads, “Mr. President, in attempting to enforce Ankara’s gag rule on U.S. recognition of the Armenian genocide — both within your Administration and now in Congress — you have, very sadly, signaled to all the world that our silence on genocide can be bought in exchange for perceived geopolitical advantage or compromised under threat from a foreign power. Your policy is now fully complicit in Turkey’s campaign of genocide denial.”
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