WILL RESOLUTION 106 HAVE THE SAME DESTINY AS THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS?

PanARMENIAN.Net
Analytical Department
07.07.2007 GMT+04:00

The previous statements of the Turkish Prime-Minister about the USA
make it quite clear that if the Resolution is passed by the House of
Representatives, it will have a serious impact on the American-Turkish
relations.

The Armenian Community has nearly achieved what seemed almost
impossible. The 218 members of the House of Representatives support
Resolution 106 about the Armenian Genocide and the US President’s
commitment of using the term "Genocide" in his annual massage on April
24. Thus, the needed number is provided to vote on the Resolution.

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "We encourage all the 218 Congressmen supporting
the Resolution and express our appreciation to the Congressman Adam
Schiff and his colleagues, who helped us to achieve such results. We do
hope that the works carried out by our affiliates will give efficient
outcomes too," announced the Chief Executive of the Armenian National
Committee of America (ANCA) Aram Ambaryan.

In his turn, the initiator of the Resolution Congressman from
California State Adam Schiff mentioned that the 218 Congressmen
proved that the majority of the House of Representatives recognize the
Armenian Genocide. "By the time the Genocide survivors are still alive,
we can’t exclude the necessity of drawing the attention to the attempt
of annihilation of a whole nation. Our rejection of recognizing the
dark pages of the history will impede the more efficient measures
taken against continuing Genocide in Darfur," said Schiff.

Since January 30, 2007 Congressman Adam Schiff together with
Congressman George Radanovich and Co-Chairs of the Armenian Support
Group of the US Congress Frank Palone and Joe Nollenberg proposed
Resolution 106 to the House of Representatives, ANCA did a good
job. Numerous meetings with the Congressmen were organized, two
campaigns "Click for Justice" and "Call for Justice" in support of the
Resolution about the Armenian Genocide to be passed in the US House
of the Representatives were held. In one word everything seems to be
moving successfully and after the Turkish Parliamentary Elections the
Resolution may be put forward for voting. However everything cannot go
as smoothly as the Armenian Community of America would love to. The
first and most important factor is Turkey. The previous statements
of the Turkish Prime-Minister about the USA make it quite clear that
if the Resolution is passed by the House of Representatives, it will
have a serious impact on the American-Turkish relations. Secondly, the
Congress takes a vacation till September, and it is most likely that
while the Congress is on holiday the Ambassador Richard Hoagland, whose
appointment on this position is not encouraged by the Armenians of
the USA, but is welcomed by the RA Government, will arrive in Yerevan.

On the other hand in the opinion of the RA Deputy Minister of Foreign
Affairs Arman Kirakosyan, the possible recognition of the Armenian
Genocide by the USA, if it is ever possible to happen, doesn’t mean
that Turkey will also automatically recognize the Genocide. "I think
that at the very last minute a call from the White House will cancel
the Resolution N 106 about the Armenian Genocide, and this will
happen in spite of all the 218 votes. If the White House decides
that Resolution 106 puts the National Security of the country under
question, no one will ever vote for it.

This already happened in 2000. It should not be forgotten that Turkey
has remained the only loyal ally of the USA in the region. In this
matter there is no diversity between the Democrats and Republicans,"
said the RA Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.