Additionally, Turkish foreign minister of the time, Abdullah Gül, invited the United States and other countries to contribute to such a commission by appointing scholars to "investigate this tragedy and open ways for Turks and Armenians to come together".
此外，時任土耳其外長的阿卜杜拉·居尔邀請美國及其它國家委派學者為該個委員會作出貢獻，「調查這次慘劇及打開通道讓土耳其人與亞美尼亞人走到一起」。