US UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE "PROMISES" TURKEY’S GNA DELEGATION TO PREVENT ADOPTION OF BILL ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION BY CONGRESS
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Mar 15 2007
ANKARA, MARCH 15, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The US administration
will do everything to prevent adoption of the bill on Armenian
Genocide’s recognition submitted to the House of Representatives. The
US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns
made this "promise" during a 1.5-hour meeting with the delegation of
Turkey’s Great National Assembly (GNA) that arrived in Washington to
prevent the bill’s adoption.
According to "Cihan" news agency, the delegation headed by Egemen
Bagsh, leader of Turkey-US parliamentary friendship group, met with
a number of Jewish lobbyist organizations of the US and participated
in the meeting of the Council of Turkish-US organizations.