Michael Bennet: “The pogroms of the Armenians organized in the Ottoman Empire may be defined only and only as Genocide”

YEREVAN, MARCH 24, ARMENPRESS: “The pogroms of the Armenians organized in the Ottoman Empire may be defined only and only as Genocide. 1915-1923 1,5 million Armenians were brutally displaced walking toward their death and were murdered in camps. This is the policy clearly carried out by the Ottoman authorities,” US Senator for Colorado Michael Bennet said in response to the letter addressed to him by the Forum of Armenian Association of Europe connected with the Armenian Genocide.

The chairman of the Forum Ashot Grigoryan said in the letter directed to him, the Senator said that he expresses his position over the issue for the Colorado State and American Armenians.

“From day to day more Americans recognize what happened as Genocide. At the same time I understand Your anger when someone is trying to hide what happened presenting it as common war losses. Our devotion to paying tribute to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide and the wish to prevent such crimes in future demands the recognition of tragedies occurred in past. In spite of this huge hard history I hope that the mutual respect will develop among Turks and Armenians. I am sure that the USA may have an important role in this process,” the Senator said.