Ankara to respond to any anti-Turkish initiatives, Turkish Ambassador

Ankara to respond to any anti-Turkish initiatives, Turkish Ambassador
18:12 / 05/07/2010

U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff’s appeal to Armenian survivors of the Genocide for providing their accounts for U.S. Congress reports, will not produce any results, stated Turkish Ambassador to U.S. Namik Tan.

He stressed Turkey will give an adequate response to the initiative taken by the Congressman and Armenians, reported TRT. Ambassador Tan said that the critical period has passed – he meant April 24. According to him, U.S. President Barack Obama did not utter the word “genocide” during his annual address on April 24, which fact is considered a defeat by Armenians. So they are trying to exert pressure by means of such initiatives.

Adam Schiff proposed including the Armenian survivors’ accounts in the U.S. Congress records. As long as the survivors are alive, the first Genocide of the 20th century can be officially recorded by the U.S. Congress he said. The record can prove be important for historians and archives, as well as part of efforts to convince the U.S. Congress to pass an Armenian Genocide resolution.

T.P.

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