BUSH CALLED ON CONGRESS TO OPPOSE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION

PanARMENIAN.Net
12.02.2007 14:16 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul stated
over the weekend that U.S. President George W. Bush will write to
members of Democratic-controlled Congress to urge them to oppose
the Armenian Genocide resolution. The congressional resolution,
which was introduced for consideration last month, is opposed
by Bush administration, but has been supported by the Democratic
leadership. "A resolution that would recognize the World War I era
killings of Armenians as genocide would poison ties between strategic
allies Turkey and the United States," Turkey’s Foreign Minister
Gul warned late Saturday. Gul said if passed, the resolution would
cause permanent damage to relations and it will cause a deadlock in
our relations. Gul asked the U.S. administration to take action. "It
won’t have a fleeting effect, its results will be deep and lasting. I
called on the U.S. administration to take urgent action. Secretary of
State Rice will carry out an important work in the coming days. She
will visit the Congress," Gul said, reports The New Anatolian.