Armenian Assembly of America and Save Darfur Coalition urge action to stop genocide

PanARMENIAN.Net - Last week, a letter signed by 80 organizations, including the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly), was sent to President Obama regarding the future direction of U.S.-Sudan policy.

The letter read in part: "Mr. President, your policy as spelled out in the Sudan Policy Review released last October was the right one. After an extensive internal review, your administration recognized that the Khartoum regime and those like it will respond only to a robust package that contains both incentives for concrete steps toward peace, and firm pressures and consequences for behavior that makes peace more elusive."

"The Assembly is encouraged by the leadership of the Save Darfur Coalition which is urging the Obama administration to increase pressure on the Khartoum regime to end its genocidal policy in Darfur," stated Assembly Grassroots Director Taniel Koushakjian.

"We continue to support the efforts of the international community not only to end the genocide in Darfur, but also to bring Omar Al-Bashir to justice," he said, the Assembly reported.