Turkish Foreign Ministry expects Obama not to keep his promise on using term ‘Genocide’

PanARMENIAN.Net - Ankara continues intensive contacts with Washington with respect to the April 24th address of U.S. President Barack Obama to the Armenian community.

Turkey expects the U.S. administration “to act in a fair and impartial manner in the run-up to April 24,” on which Armenians around the world commemorate the Armenian Genocide, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said.

Meanwhile, the ministry contacted Switzerland following the Alpine country’s decision to erect an Armenian Genocide monument in Geneva’s city center, Selcuk Unal, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson told reporters on April 21. Ankara launched similar diplomatic initiative following a movie on the Armenian Genocide in Iran.

“Armin Wegner, the Armenian Genocide Photographer” documentary by Armenian film director Tigran Khzmalyan will be screened in Tehran on April 24. Iranian deputies are expected to attend the film exhibition together with representatives of the Armenian community, Hurriyet Daily reported.

Turkey has contacted the Iranian administration over the movie screening, Unal said. “We will monitor this issue,” he added.