Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Executive Director Aram Hamparian again voiced the urge of Armenian American community to  President Obama to recognize the Armenian Genocide on its Centennial, Asbarez reports.

“Pope Francis’ historic sermon on the Armenian Genocide sets the stage for President Obama to honor his own pledge to recognize this horrific crime,” stated Hamparian.  

According to him, “By openly rejecting Turkey’s gag-rule against the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, President Obama would, with a bold stroke, end a truly shameful era of complicity in Ankara’s efforts to deny the truth and obstruct justice for this crime.” Hamparian thinks, this would put America back on side of the truth, at the same time “advancing US regional interests in fostering a better future for Armenian-Turkish relations based upon an honest reckoning with the past.”