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The Armenian National Committee of America has sent an appeal to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying the Armenian community in the United States is utterly concerned over what it called Washington`s foreign policy supporting Azerbaijan and Turkey.
The committee criticized US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, claiming that the pair had failed to deliver on their pre-election pledges to recognize the so-called genocide of Armenians, a claim on the World War I-era mass killings in the Ottoman Empire.
The Armenian community was particularly riled with the views of Matthew Bryza, the US co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group brokering settlement to the Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict, accusing the diplomat of what they claim is a pro-Azerbaijan stance. ``This stance, in particular, his blocking the recognition of the 1915 developments, has raised our serious concerns,`` it said.
The letter addressed to Secretary Clinton maintained that the Madrid principles, an outline for Garabagh settlement submitted by the mediators to the sides in November 2007, pose a threat to Armenia`s national security. It also claimed that the status of Upper Garabagh, which is seen by Yerevan as a key issue in the peace process, appears obscure in the Madrid document.
The committee went as far as demanding that the secretary of state meet with representatives of Armenian religious and public organizations and charities operating in the U.S.