US HOUSE COMMITTEE TO DEBATE ARMENIAN RESOLUTION NEXT WEDNESDAY

Turkish Press
Press Reveiw
TURKIYE
Oct 8 2007

The US House of Representative’s Foreign Affairs Committee is expected
to debate a resolution on the Armenian allegations of genocide next
Wednesday. In addition, the committee has also decided to vote on a
separate resolution condemning the terrorist group PKK.

In related news, a group of deputies from Parliament’s ruling and
opposition parties will travel to the US next week in a bid to head
off the Armenian resolution’s passage. President Abdullah Gul and
Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan are also planning to make phone calls
to President George W. Bush to seek his support in blocking the
resolution, and head off possible damage to Turkish-US relations.