Armenian Assembly Expects Obama To Fulfill Genocide Pledge In 2nd Te

ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY EXPECTS OBAMA TO FULFILL GENOCIDE PLEDGE IN 2ND TERM

PanARMENIAN.Net – The Armenian Assembly of America has issued a
statement on U.S. President Barack Obama’s re-election to a second
term.

“During President Obama’s first term U.S.-Armenia relations were
strengthened through increased contact among high-level officials,
including Obama’s official invitation to Armenia’s President
Serzh Sargsyan to attend the critically important summit on nuclear
non-proliferation in Washington, DC, as well the two visits to Yerevan,
Armenia, by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and growing relations
between the Pentagon and Armenia’s Defense Ministry.

More recently, the Administration reacted quickly in September to
condemn the pardon issued by Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev of
Ramil Sarafov, the Azeri lieutenant who brutally murdered an Armenian
officer at a NATO Partnership for Peace program in Budapest,Hungary.

The president also repeatedly endorsed ongoing negotiations under the
auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group by issuing statements along with the
presidents of France and Russia, the other two participant states in
the Minsk Group, encouraging the parties to peacefully resolve the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict. President Obama’s re-election represents
an opportunity to help reduce tensions in the South Caucasus and seek
diplomatic solutions to regional challenges. The president’s victory
speech correctly noted that there is “more work to do.”

While President Obama has repeatedly stated that his views on the
Armenian Genocide have not changed and has employed the Armenian
term Meds Yeghern, as we approach the 100th anniversary, the Assembly
expects that President Obama will be more explicit in acknowledging
the American record of Genocide recognition, work to reconcile Turkey
with its past, and thereby help in the cause of genocide prevention
around the world.

Armenian-Americans from across the country came out in strong numbers
to vote in this election cycle and have made their voices heard.

‘Armenian-Americans for Obama,’ which was affiliated with the Obama
campaign, activated supporters as did ‘Armenian-Americans for Mitt
Romney.’ Armenian-Americans were directly engaged in many swing states
including Ohio,Florida, New Hampshire, Nevada and Wisconsin.

In addition to Obama’s victory, the Co-Chairs of the Armenian Caucus
in the House of Representatives, Ed Royce (R-CA) and Frank Pallone,
Jr. (D-NJ) and Armenian Genocide resolution sponsor Adam Schiff (D-CA)
were re-elected, as were a majority of the Armenian Caucus members,
including Armenian-American Congresswomen Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Jackie
Speier (D-CA),” the statement reads.

“We congratulate President Obama on his re-election victory and with
the centennial of the Armenian Genocide in 2015, expect that his
repeated promises to affirm the Armenian Genocide will be fulfilled
this term,” stated Armenian Assembly Executive Director Bryan Ardouny.

“The Assembly looks forward to working with the Administration and
the Congress to build on the progress already made on key issues for
the Armenian community and for continued strengthening of U.S.-Armenia
and U.S- Artsakh relations,” Ardouny added.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress