U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT: TURKEY UNDERSTANDS CONGRESS IS INDEPENDENT BRANCH

PanARMENIAN.Net
08.02.2007 18:09 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "We understand the sensitivities in Turkey over
the events at the beginning of 20th century. We also understand
the sensitivities in other communities in the U.S. and other places
around the world. We are talking to the Congress about this," stated
U.S. State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack.

The message on the web-site of the U.S. State Department says that
commenting on Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul’s statement that
the adoption of the Armenian Genocide resolution by Congress will
harm American-Turkish relations, McCormack told, "I think Foreign
Minister Gul and the Turkish Government is well aware of our system
of government and they understand that Congress is an independent
branch. We are, however, in close contact with members of Congress
on the issue and we have conveyed to them the sensitivities expressed
to us by the Turkish Government concerning this particular resolution."