LA Times: Obama-Erdoghan meeting to focus on Armenian Genocide issue

PanARMENIAN.Net - In their upcoming meeting¸U.S.President Barrack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoghan will need to navigate the perennial issue of an annual U.S. statement to America's Armenian community on the day of commemorating Armenian Genocide victims. Breaking a campaign pledge, Obama has refrained from referring to the killings as genocide, a term widely viewed by genocide scholars as an accurate description, Los Angeles Times reports.



The Obama administration has said it is wary that the sensitive issue could upset talks that could lead to reconciliation and a reopening of the border between Armenia and Turkey. It remains unclear how the administration will handle the issue in the future, especially if talks between Turkey and Armenia falter, the author of the article says.