U.S. President Barack Obama's National Security Advisor James L. Jones failed to give meaningful response on Turkey’s repeated efforts to block the U.S. recognition of Armenian Genocide, in his letter to 82 U.S. Representatives, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) reports.

Jones’ letter dated September 17, 2009, sidestepped the discussion of the issues related to Ankara reluctance to fulfill commitments in the framework of the talks with Armenia, as well as Turkey’s intension to use bilateral dialogue to prevent the U.S. recognition of the Genocide.

“In his letter, Jones used the very evasive and euphemistic terminology, in the place of an honest and straightforward recognition of this genocidal crime, that President Obama powerfully condemned as &‘inexcusable’ while a U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate,” website reads.

July 30, 2009 eighty-two Congressmen expressed their concern over Turkey’s efforts, asserting that the Genocide recognition by the U.S. President is of critical significance, in the light of Turkey’s wriggling out of commitments.

“It would appear that Turkey, in an effort to block U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide, agreed to a ‘roadmap’ it did not intend to uphold. Therefore, we urge your Administration to separate the issues of normalization and genocide recognition. We hope that renewed efforts and focused resources from the Administration can be utilized to nurture the Armenia-Turkey normalization process without preconditions and within a reasonable timeframe, and continue to remain strongly supportive of your stated campaign policy to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide,” the letter says.