TURKISH PARLIAMENTARIANS "OFFENDED" WITH NANCY PELOSI’S REFUSAL

ArmRadio.am
23.04.2007 14:28

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi failed once
again to respond to an appointment request by a Turkish parliamentary
delegation that will hold talks with US officials in Washington DC
to lobby against a resolution on the Armenian Genocide.

"Zaman" reports that the Turkish delegation "defending the national
dignity" was offended with Nancy Pelosi’s refusal.

"She did not even answer to our request to meet, and this comes after
we managed to organize meetings with some members of the US Congress,"
declared, Nabi Shensoy, the Turkish Ambassador to Washington.

Thus, the last Turkish delegation repeated the fate of the previous
ones, " Sabah" notes. "The first time we failed because the mission
of the Turkish parliamentarians coincided with the visit of Foreign
Minister Abdullah Gul. But why did the same occur with the second
and third delegation?

Let us remind that the delegation of Turkish parliamentarians had
left for the US on April 16. They intended to lobby against the
Congressional Armenian Genocide resolutions, anticipating the support
of official Washington.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress