Won't Obama honour his pledge?
U.S. President Barack Obama simply gave Turkey time for contemplation by April 24. At the same time, Mr. Obama paved the way for not honouring his public pledge to recognise the Armenian Genocide," former ambassador of Armenia to Canada, historian Ara Papyan said with regard to Barack Obama's recent speech in Turkey.
Mr. Papyan thinks the U.S. President dodged the responsibility of standing by his earlier statements describing the mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide and shifted the responsibility into the Armenian leadership. "Trying to preserve the image of a person who always sticks to his views, Obama was on Monday careful not to publicly reiterate his affirmation motivating it by a desire not to hamper Turkish-Armenian reconciliation, in particular the negotiation process between the conflicting sides over the normalisation of the ties."
It wasn't accidental that during the press conference the question concerning the President's pledge was raised by a U.S. journalist pointed by Barak Obama.
"In Ankara the U.S. President availed himself of an opportunity to express his stance and wag his finger at Turkey. Supposedly, the USA hasn't got a final answer from Turkey in some issues. Most likely, it refers to the withdrawal of the U.S. troops from Iraq."
Remind that Ara Papyan is presently carrying out a scientific research on the Armenian Genocide.
"What a strange nation we are! We beg for justice all over the world. Why should we long for the U.S. President pronounce the words Armenian Genocide? U.S. president Woodrow Wilson expressed its stance towards the Armenian-Turkish relations long ago and it was constituted in a document of November 22, 1920 ratified by the signatures of the U.S. President and State Secretary and a U.S. seal.
What else do you want? We should simply differentiate between important and unimportant issues, especially when the bases of our independent and dignified existence are upset. Obviously, the only way to strengthen out statehood and survive is to challenge our rights.
