NTV MSNBC, Turkey
Jan 31 2007
Armenian resolution tabled at US House of Reps
The US government does not support the private members resolution.
Güncelleme: 11:57 TSİ 31 Ocak 2007 ÇarşambaWASHINGTON –
Members of both the Democratic and Republican parties have tabled a
resolution at the US House of Representatives calling on the US
government to formally recognise the alleged genocide of Armenians at
the hands of the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.
The motion was submitted by a bipartisan group of politicians, and
says that the US government declare that 1.5 million Armenian
citizens of the Ottoman Empire were killed during the war in an act
of genocide.
Turkey has always denied there was any act of genocide, though it
acknowledges that as many as 300,000 Armenians died during the chaos
of war in the country’s east. According to Turkish official figures,
more than half a million Turkish civilians died in the region at the
hands of Armenian military units and guerrilla groups.
The Bush administration has already indicated that it does not
support Congress adopting any such resolution.