Armenian Organizations of U.S. Should Coordinate Efforts for Genocide Recognition

PanARMENIAN.Net - The main task of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is to bring up the young generation and strengthen the lobby, ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter in Washington. In his words, the Armenian organizations of the U.S. should coordinate efforts for achievement of the principal goal - the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. "Our endeavors are targeted at neutralization of the Turkish lobby led by Senator Bob Livingston and the ATA (the American-Turkish Association). The latter's rating has considerable fallen down during the recent 10 years. Generally the place of Turkey in the U.S. foreign policy has changed," Hamparian said. At that he underscored that Turkey's interests are supported by Israel, which enjoys good relations with the United States. "However I should mention that these relations have changed too. The Jews living in the U.S. say that the Armenian Genocide should be recognized like the Holocaust. I am convinced that the U.S. President Administration is not far away from saying it was Genocide," he emphasized.