On Monday, October 21, Ali Babacan, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, will speak to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council about Turkey's economic and foreign policy, including the US-Turkey business relations and the future of economic investment in the region, Asbarez.com said.
A protest rally will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City, where Babacan will be addressing the World Affairs Council.
Protest the Representative of the government responsible for the first genocide of the 20th Century and the continued occupation of Western Armenia and over 1/3 of Cyprus, the source reports.
Genocide of Armenians has been recognized by most of the United States as well as by many countries, including Canada, Argentina, Switzerland, Uruguay, Russia, Belgium, France, Poland, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Greece, Cyprus, Vatican, Sweden, Lithuania.. The European Parliament passed a resolution recognizing the fact of Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Turkey on June 18 1987 and demanded the Council of Europe to exert pressure on Turkey in order that country recognizes the Armenian Genocide. Turkey still denies the genocide of 1,5 million Armenians in 1915-1923.