The Armenian community of U.S. and particularly Minneapolis-St.Paul is outraged by the recent manifestation of Turkey’s denial policy, Father Hrach Sargsyan, pastor of the Armenian community of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the U.S. Eastern Diocese of Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, told NEWS.am. The priest commented on reports saying that the Turkish Coalition of America sued the University of Minnesota (which includes the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CHGS)), President Bruininks and CHGS director Bruno Chaouat.

“The university and the center enjoy popularity in scientific circles. As an influential structure the center expresses opinion about the Turkish denial literature, noting that the website of the Turkish Coalition of America is false and doubtful,” he said, adding this was used as a basis to file lawsuit against the center.

According to him, representatives of the Armenian community are shocked at regular demonstration of Turkey’s denial policy. “Each Armenian family living in U.S. knows the history of its family and descendants remember that in 1915 the Ottoman Empire wanted to fully eliminate Armenians. Descendants of Armenian Genocide survivors realize why they are living far from their historic motherland,” he said.

The Armenian community protests against Turks’ actions in support for the University of Minnesota. “The Armenian community can not remain indifferent to this problem, as Armenians and the Genocide issue is a real target of the Turkish policy,” Father Hrach Sargsyan concluded.