American Armenians Call on Sargsyan to Speak about Genocide Tête-à-Tête with Obama

On the eve of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's visit to Washington, DC for the Nuclear Summit, leading Armenian civic, religious and social service organizations have called on the Armenian leader to urge President Barack Obama to honor his pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide and reject Turkish government efforts to use the Turkey-Armenia Protocols to delay international affirmation of this crime against humanity, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

The April 9th letter cited the Armenian American community's ongoing efforts to secure U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide, including the recent House Foreign Affairs Committee favorable consideration of the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res.252).

The letter goes on to urge President Sargsyan to stand by his own words against the misuse of a so-called "historical commission" to call into question the Armenian Genocide, and also to directly call upon President Obama and other international leaders to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

The signatories pressed the Armenian President to announce that the Turkey-Armenia Protocol discussions cannot continue "given Turkey's unconstructive and antagonistic posture" throughout the process.