Congressman: I hope Donald Trump will call the events of 1915 genocide Yerevan, April 7.
ArmInfo.Congressman Dave Trott, presenting to the House of Representatives law-in-draft on Genocide recognition, expressed hope that his project will be adopted not only by Congress but also by he President Donald Trump, as Voice of America informs, during the evening in remembrance of Armenian Genocide victims in Congress.
Trott thinks Trump is untraditional political figure, which in his opinion increases the possibility that he will call the events of 1915 genocide. "I hope Trump will take a right step?, he stated. in his turn ,Congressman Adam Schiff noted that Trump did not give any promises, moreover, there are no diplomats or militaries around him, who will make obstacles for recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
Maybe that will help. We must assure him that it is a right step, as we cannot be considered the leaders in the world if we would differentiate which genocide should be recognized, which should not?, he noted. Meanwhile, Brad Sherman thinks that the recognition of the Armenian Genocide in US will help the Turkish people to face their history. ?Germany recognized its history and became powerful, developed, democratic country where everybody wants to live. But Turkey which denies the Genocide is on the way of becoming extremist, totalitarian state?, the Congressman stressed.