U.S. UNDERSTANDS THAT GENOCIDE IS SENSITIVE ISSUE NOT ONLY FOR TURKS BUT FOR ARMENIANS

PanARMENIAN.Net
07.02.2007 15:24 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Turkish
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul had a private discussion, a one-on-one
meeting that was just the two of them. They may have had one or two
other aides present. Then they had the discussion at lunch, Mr Sean
McCormack, the Spokesman of the U.S. Department of State said at a
briefing in Washington.

"I was present for the discussion at lunch. Let me go down the list
of topics that they discussed at lunch.

They talked about Lebanon. They talked Iraq as well as the PKK
issue. They talked about Turkish-EU relations.

They talked about Kosovo. And Foreign Minister Gul also did bring up
the discussion within the U.S.

Congress about a possible Armenian bill focused on the events in
1915. In terms of the discussions within the U.S. Congress, look,
we understand very clearly that this is a sensitive issue not only
for the Turkish people but for the Armenian people. We have made our
views known on the potential for a resolution or for a bill. I have
talked about in the past," he said.