CHP DEPUTY CHAIRMAN ONUR OYMEN: ARMENIA SHOULD FREE OCCUPIED AZERBAIJANI REGIONS INSTEAD OF SLANDERING TURKEY

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Oct 8 2007

US Congress met the so-called genocide project with sad under the
pressure of Armenian lobby. Though President Bush is against it,
Congress is likely to make a decision on it, deputy chairman of the
Opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), parliamentarian Onur
Oymen told the APA’s Turkey bureau.

He said that the decision which Congress will make is a step which
can strain Turkish-US relations.

"This decision will strain Turkish-Armenian relations. We expect
whether US government will impede adoption of the so-called Armenian
genocide. If the decision is made, Turkey is due to take several
measures and everybody will be able to see its harm. If we speak about
reality, in this case Armenia’s liberating Azerbaijani regions should
be commented. People who underwent genocide in Khojali, Shusha, and
other places should be mentioned. US Congress’s making such decision
is not true," he said.

Onur Oymen stated that AKP government could not take necessary measures
for impeding adoption of law on the so-called Armenian genocide. It
was necessary to invite congressmen to Turkey and explain to them
arguments. For example: US send fire-arms, food, clothes to its forces
dislocated in Iraq through Turkey. Armenia exports its demands through
Turkey," he said.

Onur Oymen stated that the draft resolution which US Congress will
adopt can strain Turkish-Armenian relations.

"Armenia should free occupied Azerbaijani regions instead of slandering
Turkey," he said.