Erdogan looking to lock in Obama-Biden administration silence on Genocide

PanARMENIAN.Net - With the White House meeting between President Obama and Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan just days away, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) once again voiced its concerns over the Turkish government's increasingly energetic efforts to cement in place the Obama Administration's refusal to properly recognize the Armenian Genocide.



"Prime Minister Erdogan - having succeeded in using the Ankara-inspired Protocols to enlist the cooperation of yet another U.S. Administration into its campaign to block recognition of the Armenian Genocide - is now coming to Washington to cement his gains and further press his advantage," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian.



"High on his agenda, it seems, will be showcasing Turkey's public disregard for President Obama's twin priorities for Armenia-Turkey normalization, namely that they be established without preconditions and within a reasonable time-frame. Today, more than seven months after our President's speech in Ankara - during which he broke his pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide - it's patently clear that Turkey has in fact imposed preconditions, will not act in a reasonable time-frame, and, more broadly, views this entire process as simply a way to extend U.S. complicity in Turkey's denials from one April 24th to the next," added Hamparian.