ANCA doesn't believe in sincerity of David Phillips' initiative

PanARMENIAN.Net - "Here we go again. If there's one thing we learned about David Phillips during the past seven years - through his involvement in the discredited Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Committee (TARC) enterprise, including the ICTJ study and a variety of other incarnations - it's that he will use any means - honest or dishonest - to prevent U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide," ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter when commenting on the initiative signed by 53 Nobel Prize winners, who called on Armenia and Turkey to reconciliation.



"The International Center for Transitional Justice - a group tied closely with the U.S. State Department. ICTJ was asked by TARC to prepare a report on the Armenian Genocide. ICTJ asked someone to write this report. They will not say who. Very likely the U.S. government was deeply involved. The report concludes that the Armenian Genocide is a true historical fact. This is not new. The whole world already knows this. The report also says that the Armenians have NO rights to reparations under the Genocide Convention. This is not true. Clearly, the people behind TARC in the U.S. and Turkish governments used the ICTJ report to try to create the false impression that Armenians cannot legally regain their rights," Aram Hamparian said.