EGEMEN BAGIS: U.S. TWO CONGRESSMEN NOT TO ASSIST ARMENIAN RESOLUTION
ANKARA, MARCH 16, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Egemen Bagis, the
head of the delegation of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey left
for Washington on March 12 to do lobby work against the U.S. Congress
draft concerning the Armenian Genocide, a deputy from the Justice and
Development Party ruling in Turkey stated that owing to their "works,"
two American congressmen who previously assisted the Armenian
resolution, "changed their position and will vote against the
resolution appeared in the House of Representatives."
As the Turkish Sabah daily states, in the interview with journalists
Bagis expressed a hope that the U.S. legislative body will not adopt
such a resolution as, in his words, Washington will not lose an
important ally like Turkey.
The Turkish parliamentarian did not mention names of those two
congressmen.