PM urges Turkish Americans to counter Armenian, Jewish lobbies

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who has previously stated that the Armenian Diaspora is also the diaspora of Turkey, recently urged Turks living in the United States to fight actively the efforts of the Armenian Diaspora, the Armenian Weekly reports.

Davutoglu, who is attending the 70th session of UN General Assembly in New York, also met with representatives of Turkish non-governmental organizations in the U.S.

At one such meeting, Davutoglu called on those in attendance to fight against the Armenian, Jewish, Greek, and several other lobbying groups.

Davutoglu also thanked Turkish Americans for holding April 24 rallies supporting Armenian Genocide denial.

On the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly session in New York, Davutoglu met with his Belgian counterpart, Charles Michel. The resolution that the Belgian Parliament adopted on the occasion of the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide was high on their agenda, reported Ermenihaber.am, quoting Turkish TRThaber.com.

According to sources, the Belgian prime minister said the bill was solely of political importance, with no legal consequences implied.

Armenian communities worldwide, including in Istanbul, Turkey, held massive rallies, commemorating the Genocide centennial and calling for the recognition and condemnation of the crime against humanity.

More than two dozen states, the European parliament, the European People's Party, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, American Jewish organizations, as well as a number of governmental and non-governmental institutions and organizations have adopted resolutions and legal documents recognizing the killings of 1,5 million Armenian as genocide and calling for Turkey to do the same.