BUSH WILL NOT RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE THIS YEAR, US POLITICAL SCIENTISTS CONSIDER

PanARMENIAN.Net - Despite the pressure exerted by the Armenian lobby, the Bush Administration will not acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, Turkish press writes according to some US political correspondents. The Armenian Diaspora of the US has addressed countless numbers of letters to the White House with a call to recognize the Armenian Genocide. At the same time 32 Senators and 175 members of the House of Representatives sent a joint letter to President Bush with an appeal to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide in his commemoration message on April 24. It should be noted that wife of US Ex-President Hillary Clinton and democrat John Kerry are among those to have signed the letter. Campaigns of the kind are launched every year and as compared to last year the number of the signatories has increased. Armenian lobbyists stated that George Bush is late with acknowledging the Genocide, since he hasn't kept his promise since his first election campaign. As representatives of the Armenian Diaspora note, the American-Turkish relations have considerably grown cool recently while the number of radical forces protesting against the White House policy has increased in Turkey, thus creating a favorable atmosphere for the Genocide recognition. However political correspondents in Washington state that despite the chill in the American-Turkish relations and the fact that the letter to the President was signed by influential Senators, the White House will not make steps against Turkey and will not come to decision to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide. In their opinion, the message to the Armenian people this year will not be different from those of the recent years, since despite some tension in relations the US still needs Turkey and the White House will not risk these relations for the sake of Armenians. Turkish officials also stated of the inadmissibility of the Genocide recognition by the Bush Administration. Official Ankara stated that before taking such a step the White House should weigh all the arguments.