01.02.2001, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Official representative of US Department of State Richard Boucher stated at the briefing in Washington that the Turkish press misquoted the words of the US Ambassador to Turkey, Robert Pearson, which had aroused a groundswell of protest from Armenian Americans.
“I would reiterate what Ambassador Pearson said in his statement”, Boucher said.
In a January 25th article in one of Turkey’s largest daily newspapers, Hurriyet, the Ambassador was quoted as comparing the Armenian Genocide to a fictional event, specifically likening the first Genocide of the 20th century to a sighting of an Unidentified Flying Object. The article (Armenian Question is Like a UFO) written by Ayten Serin, had quoted the Ambassador as saying that, “the Armenian Genocide is like the rumors of flying objects”.
After American-Armenian organization in Washington, DC put pressure on the State Department, Ambassador Pearson released a statement on this subject, and he said that the Turkish press misquoted his remarks. –0–
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