ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION SUBMITTED TO US SENATE IS, IN A WAY, PROTEST AGAINST PROTOCOLS: MANOYAN
Tert
Oct 23 2009
Armenia
Resolution N252 on Armenian Genocide recognition, which was submitted
to the U.S. Senate on October 21, is in a way an expression of protest
against the creation of a commission of historians foreseen by the
Armenian-Turkish Protocols, head of Armenian Revolutionary Federation
(Dashnaktsutyun, or ARF-D) Political Affairs and Armenian Cause
(Hay Dat) Bureau Giro Manoyan stated at a press conference today.
Continuing, he said that submitting the mentioned resolution to
the Senate is also pressure on the White House so that the US first
recognizes the Armenian Genocide, then distinguishes the Genocide
issue from the Armenian-Turkish Protocols.
Manoyan referred to that approach by the international media which
declares that by signing the Protocols, Armenia itself puts the
Genocide issue to doubt. Manoyan said that in order for neither the
international press nor the international community to perceive the
meaning of the Protocols as such, Armenian diplomatic corps must
carry out a huge amount of work. According to ARF-D representative,
the Armenian diplomatic mission must be able to communicate to the
world the approaches which were mentioned in Serzh Sargsyan’s address
which was issued on the day of the signing of the Protocols.
Manoyan didn’t agree with the opinion that submitting the Armenian
Genocide recognition resolution after signing the Protocols speaks
to the contrary; that is, Armenia doesn’t place the fact of Armenian
genocide to doubt. "At best, it is a simple-minded explanation,"
Manoyan said, adding that submitting the resolution doesn’t mean it
will be passed.