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    IT IS CRITICAL THAT TURKEY ACKNOWLEDGE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, HOWARD BERMAN SAYS

    news.am
    July 29 2010
    Armenia

    Republican and Democratic members of Congress called into question
    Turkey's reliability as a U.S. ally, highlighted its deteriorating
    relationship with Israel, and addressed a range of issues from
    Armenian Genocide denial to its repression of Christian minorities and
    the occupation of Cyprus, during a three-hour House Foreign Affairs
    Committee hearing held earlier today, the Armenian National Committee
    of America (ANCA) reported.

    Chairman Howard Berman touched upon five policy areas concerns
    related to U.S.-Turkey ties, including Ankara's denial of the Armenian
    Genocide.

    "It is critical that Turkey acknowledge the genocide committed by the
    Ottoman Empire against the Armenian people during World War I. That's
    why this Committee has repeatedly passed measures recognizing the
    Genocide and calling on the President to do likewise. I believe that
    Turks, once they come to terms with their past, will discover that
    they have relieved themselves and their children of an immense moral
    burden," he said.

    ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian thanked the Chairman Berman
    for his support.

    "We want to thank Chairman Berman and Representatives Costa, Smith,
    Royce, Sires, Bilirakis, Berkley, and Mack for shedding much needed
    sunshine on the many failings of our government's weak response to a
    leadership in Ankara that is increasingly and openly acting against
    both U.S. interests and American values," Aram Hamparian noted.




    From: A. Papazian
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