RICE WARNS CONGRESS AGAINST TABLING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
AssA-Irada, Azerbaijan
April 5, 2007 Thursday
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert
Gates have called on the House of Representatives, the legislatures
lower chamber, not to table the so-called genocide of Armenians. In
a joint letter, the two warned that the approval of Armenians claims
would deal a blow to the relations between the United States and
Turkey, as well as US foreign policy. Ankara has moved to convince
the US legislature not to put the issue on discussion, as Turkish
parliament members started meetings in Washington. A draft resolution
on the fake genocide was forwarded to the House in February but
discussions on the issue have been postponed till April. Armenians
say that 1.5 million Armenians died in the Ottoman Empire at the
end of World War I, a claim strongly denied by the Turkic world. US
top business leaders, including Microsoft boss Bill Gates, earlier
called on President George Bush to prevent recognition of the so-called
genocide, warning that the trade relations between the U.S. and Turkey
may be severed if the decision is passed.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
