SARGSYAN MEETS WITH OBAMA AND ERDOGAN - AND REJECTS TURKISH PRECONDITIONS

Invitato a Washington dal Presidente Obama a partecipare al Summit sulla Sicurezza Nucleare Serge Sargsyan ha avuto numerosi incontri collaterali col Presidente Obama con Hillary Clinton, Erdogan e ha ribadito ogni volta la ferma posizione dell'Armenia sui vari argomenti, dai Protocolli senza precondizioni con la Turchia, al conflitto con l'Azerbaigian e il diritto all'autodeterminazione del popolo di Karabagh..........

SARGSYAN MEETS WITH OBAMA AND ERDOGAN
AND REJECTS TURKISH PRECONDITIONS
SARGSYAN: "GENOCIDE CANNOT BE QUESTIONED"

Asbarez 12 April 2010 - Washington DC - Apr 12th, 2010 - (Combined Sources)-President Serzh Sargsyan on Monday met with President Barack Obama and held talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of an international nuclear summit.
Sargsyan also attended an event at the tomb of President Woodrow Wilson, where after laying a wreath, he made remarks at the National Cathedral addressed to community members and Armenian Genocide survivors who had gathered for the event.
"Turkey cannot speak to Armenia and the Armenian people in a language of preconditions," President Serzh Sargsyan remarked at a gathering at the Woodrow Wilson Monument, moments after his meeting with Erdogan.
He also emphasised that Armenia was not willing to make the fact of the Armenian Genocide a matter of discussion, nor did he believe that Turkey would have a positive role in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.
ARF Dashnaktsoutiun Bureau member Dr. Viken Hovsepian, who attended the National Cathedral event called on Sargsyan to rescind his signature from the Armenia-Turkey protocols.
"We heard President Sargsyan's speech, which primarily honoured President Wilson's memory and his friendship with the Armenian people," he said during interview with our sister publication, the Armenian Weekly.
"The symbolism of President Wilson goes far beyond the friendship aspect. Wilson is the architect of what became known as 'Wilsonian Armenia'-an independent Armenia which included Armenian provinces of the Ottoman Empire. We are mindful of the symbolism of President Sargsyan's visit to Wilson's tomb and his speech today," explained Hovsepian.
"The real expression, however, of this symbolism-and its logical continuation-would be President Sargsyan's rescinding his signature from the Turkey-Armenia protocols," said Hovsepian.
"President Sargsyan's remarks - both in timing and in substance - are greatly encouraging," ARF Central Committee Chairman Antranig Kasbarian told the Armenian Weekly. "The symbolism of honouring Woodrow Wilson - a champion of Genocide survivors and guarantor of Western Armenia - was not lost on those assembled. Nor was the President's assessment of current political relations, in which he clearly rejected any
preconditions by Turkey toward normalising bilateral ties," Kasbarian added.

Seta Martayan