Daniel Fried: "Application Of ‘Diocese’ Expression By Usa Will Not B

DANIEL FRIED: "APPLICATION OF ‘DIOCESE’ EXPRESSION BY USA WILL NOT BE USEFUL FOR ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS"

NOYAN TAPAN

Ju ne 19

The application of the "genocide" expression by George Bush, the
President of the United States, will not be useful for Armenian-Turkish
relations. As the Turkish press reports, this statement was made by
Danniel Fried, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau
of European and Eurasian Affairs, during the hearings organized in
the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of
U.S. Congress.

This statement of the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State was made in
response to the question of Congressmen of "why does not President
Bush use the "genocide" expression?"

"The United States of America and President Bush have never refused
those events. However, when speaking about those events we do not
use the "genocide" expression. Its application will not be favourable
either for Armenian-Turkish relations, or for Turkey, from the point
of view of taking into consideration its own history," Daniel Fried
stated.