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WASHINGTON, DC – ANCA Chairman
Ken Hachikian made the following statement following the signing
of the Turkey-Armenia protocols earlier today.
“The success of Turkey in pressuring Armenia into accepting
these humiliating, one-sided protocols proves, sadly, that
genocide pays.”
“President Obama, rather than honoring his pledge to recognize
the Armenian Genocide, went in exactly the opposite direction,
applying the full force of our nation’s diplomacy to twist the
arm of a landlocked and blockaded Armenia – a nation still
struggling with the brutal legacy of its near-destruction - into
accepting a dangerous set of protocols that call into question
this very crime against humanity.”
“The ANCA and all Armenian Americans will continue our efforts
to restore morality to our nation’s response to the Armenian
Genocide, and, more broadly, to the cause of genocide
prevention. We will also work to prevent Turkey from using this
agreement to further its genocide denial campaign, to undermine
the rights of the Armenian nation, or to threaten the freedom of
Nagorno Karabagh.”
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