On the eve of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s visit to Washington, for the Nuclear Summit, leading Armenian civic, religious and social service organizations have called on the Armenian leader to urge President Barack Obama to honor his pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide and reject Turkish government efforts to use the Turkey-Armenia Protocols to delay international affirmation of this crime against humanity, reads press release by Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

According to ANCA, the letter goes on to urge President Sargsyan to stand by his own words against the misuse of a so-called “historical commission” to call into question the Armenian Genocide, and also to directly call upon President Obama and other international leaders to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

RA President Serzh Sargsyan is scheduled to hold meeting with Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan.