US SENATE COMMITTEE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE ‘ARMENIAN GENOCIDE’
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
March 29 2007
US Senate International Affairs Committee passed a decision condemning
Armenian journalist Hrant Dink’s assassination in Turkey, APA US
bureau reports.
The preliminary variant of the draft drawn up by the committee chief,
Democrat senator Joseph Biden was changed. The sentence "Mr. Dink
underwent pursuit on Article 301 of Turkish Criminal Code, as he
spoke about Armenian genocide" caused Ankara’s protest.
Taking into account protest, Republican Richard Lugar managed to
change the sentence as the following: "Legal measures were taken about
Mr. Dink, as he regarded the events happened in 1915 as genocide".
The decision demands uncovering the crime, bringing the offenders to
court, abolishing Article 301 and Ankara is called on to establish
diplomatic relations with Yerevan.
The draft affirmed by International Affairs Committee will also be
debated in the general assembly of the Senate. Even if the Senate
confirms it, its implementation will not be compulsory for the US
government.