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US ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT SUPPORT CONGRESS PASSING GENOCIDE RESOLUTIONS

17.09.2005 03:47

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ US State Department official representative Adam Ereli
stated that the US decision over «the forced deportation and slaughter of
1.5 million Armenians» has not changed. He stated it when commenting on the
House International Relations Committee passing two Armenian Genocide
resolutions. «The US policy concerning the issue has not changed. The US
President has clearly announced it in his annual statement April 24 by
saying that the US mourns the forced deportation and slaughter of 1.5
million of Armenians in the last years of existence of the Ottoman Empire,
considering these events one of the greatest tragedies in human history. The
US actively contribute to the discussion of the issue by scholars, civil
society representatives and diplomats aiming at assisting the parties to
coming to a common opinion over these horrible events. The US Administration
does not support the House vote over the resolutions and we keep stating it.
Our position is the same as it has always been,» A. Ereli stated, reported
Mediamax.