US citizens oppose Armenian genocide claims: poll
The public in the United States does not support
Armenians` claims concerning the genocide allegedly committed
against their predecessors in Turkey during World War I, a recent
opinion poll has found.
Respondents in the online survey, commissioned by the influential MSNBC TV channel, came out against the recognition of the 1915 developments in Ottoman Turkey as genocide. Up to 80 per cent out of over 2 million Americans gave a negative answer when asked in questionnaires whether or not the U.S. should formally recognize the purported genocide. Asserting that their country should not take steps that would tarnish its relations with Ankara, one of Washington`s closest partners, they called for unequivocally avoiding the Armenian genocide issue.
Yerevan is failing to relinquish its territorial claims against Turkey and continues promoting the alleged genocide throughout the world. It has also remained cold to Ankara`s repeated proposals to establish a joint commission of historians to study the 1915 developments.
Respondents in the online survey, commissioned by the influential MSNBC TV channel, came out against the recognition of the 1915 developments in Ottoman Turkey as genocide. Up to 80 per cent out of over 2 million Americans gave a negative answer when asked in questionnaires whether or not the U.S. should formally recognize the purported genocide. Asserting that their country should not take steps that would tarnish its relations with Ankara, one of Washington`s closest partners, they called for unequivocally avoiding the Armenian genocide issue.
Yerevan is failing to relinquish its territorial claims against Turkey and continues promoting the alleged genocide throughout the world. It has also remained cold to Ankara`s repeated proposals to establish a joint commission of historians to study the 1915 developments.
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