RICE STRESSES ARMENIAN ISSUE SHOULD BE LEFT TO HISTORIANS

Turkish Press
Sabah
March 22 2007

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that Turkey was
passing through a democratization "evolution" concerning discussions of
the so-called Armenian genocide. "I think the historical circumstances
require that we allow historical commissions to explore this issue
and come to terms with their past," she told a House of Representatives

subcommittee hearing, adding that the House resolution on the
"genocide" issue wouldn’t help this process. "I think that the
Armenians and the Turks need to resolve their past before they can
move forward," she added. "I do think there is an evolution going
on in Turkey." Ankara has proposed that a commission of Turkish and
Armenian historians study the issue, but Armenian officials turned
the offer down.