Turkish PM: Obama will not recognize `Armenian genocide`
US president-elect Barack Obama will not recognize the alleged
genocide of Armenians during his tenure, despite promises made
while on the campaign trail, Turkey`s Today`s Zaman newspaper
quoted Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying.
"We have to separate rhetoric and pledges that come during pre-election campaigns from truth. The United States bears a heavy brunt of responsibility in its relations with other countries, and this is a powerful country with great opportunities.
"Obama has been elected president amid a global crisis, and he should work to counter it," Erdogan said.
Armenians term the alleged World War I-era killings of huge numbers of their countrymen as genocide, a claim strenuously denied by the modern Turkish state.
During the US presidential election campaign race Obama made two statements pledging to recognize the alleged genocide, if elected.
The Turkish premier said changes expected in the US government after Obama`s election as the next president of the United States would have no impact on relations between Washington and Ankara, emphasizing that his country`s relations with the U.S. were based upon common strategic interests.
The United States held its 44th presidential election on November 4. Obama, the Democratic Party`s candidate, beat his Republican rival, John McCain, to become America`s first African-American president.
"We have to separate rhetoric and pledges that come during pre-election campaigns from truth. The United States bears a heavy brunt of responsibility in its relations with other countries, and this is a powerful country with great opportunities.
"Obama has been elected president amid a global crisis, and he should work to counter it," Erdogan said.
Armenians term the alleged World War I-era killings of huge numbers of their countrymen as genocide, a claim strenuously denied by the modern Turkish state.
During the US presidential election campaign race Obama made two statements pledging to recognize the alleged genocide, if elected.
The Turkish premier said changes expected in the US government after Obama`s election as the next president of the United States would have no impact on relations between Washington and Ankara, emphasizing that his country`s relations with the U.S. were based upon common strategic interests.
The United States held its 44th presidential election on November 4. Obama, the Democratic Party`s candidate, beat his Republican rival, John McCain, to become America`s first African-American president.
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