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    KIRO MANOYAN: RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BY TURKEY IS FIRST OF ALL MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY FOR ARMENIA

    Noyan Tapan
    Mar 20 2007

    YEREVAN, MARCH 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The formulation included in the 2006
    annual report on Human Rights of U.S. State Department, according to
    which Nagorno Karabakh is occupied territory of Azerbaijan, is also a
    lever of pressure upon Armenia on the threshold of the elections. Kiro
    Manoyan, Head of ARFD Bureau Office of Hay Dat and Political Affairs,
    stated this at the March 20 press conference. In his words, such a
    sharp position of U.S. being OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing country
    "can question American side's impartiality."

    K. Manoyan once more confirmed that Turkish government's pressures
    on U.S. administration and Congress in the issue of adoption of
    Resolution on Armenian Genocide have considerably increased in the
    recent period. In his words, indeed Turkey threatens that U.S. will
    suffer great damages in case of Resolution's adoption. K. Manoyan
    said that recognition of Armenian Genocide by Turkey is first of all
    a matter of national security for Armenia and Armenia is in danger
    as far as Turkey refuses to recognize the Genocide.

    As regards activity carried out by Turkish-Azerbaijani lobbying in
    various countries, in K. Manoyan's words, the danger of the latters
    is not great, as Armenians of Diaspora are more organized. At the same
    time, in his words, we cannot disregard activity of Turkish-Azerbaijani
    organizations and the big sums they spend. By the way, as K. Manoyan
    mentioned, great efforts are required from Armenian lobbyists for
    counteracting to them.
    General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”
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