March 24, 2007 - 13:29 AMT
Armenian Genocide Resolution is one of methods for U.S. to exert pressure on Turkey
The issue of Resolution 106 on recognizing the Armenian Genocide by the U.S. Congress is too politicized, Director of the Armenian Genocide Institute Hayk Demoyan told a press conference in Yerevan. Answering the question of PanARMENIAN.Net journalist Hayk Demoyan underlined that the U.S. President in his April 24 annual address somehow or other touches upon "massacres". If the United States does not recognize the Armenian Genocide it means they must review their own history. In 1917 thousands of Armenians were saved by American missions from massacres, deportation and hunger, and this fact is fixed in all official documents," the Armenian historian underlined. In his opinion the Resolution 106 is one more method to exert pressure on Turkey.