RICE: ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION ‘PROBLEMATIC’
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Oct 10 2007
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
warned on Wednesday that a congressional resolution calling the
1915 massacres of Armenians genocide would be "very problematic"
for U.S. efforts in the Middle East.
The resolution to be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives
later in the day would be "very destabilizing to our efforts in Iraq
and Afghanistan because Turkey, as an important strategic ally, is
very critical in supporting the efforts that we are making in these
crucial areas," Rice said at the White House.
Photo: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R) speaks as Secretary
of Defense Robert Gates (L) listens during a statement to the media
regarding a House resolution that would label the mass killings
of ethnic Armenians as genocide at the White House in Washington,
DC, 10 October 2007. Rice said Wednesday a congressional bid to
label the Ottoman massacre of Armenians a "genocide" would be "very
problematic" for ties with Turkey and Middle East peace. Rice said
she sympathized with the World War I plight of the Armenians, as the
House of Representatives prepared to debate a resolution that would
describe mass killings under the Ottoman Empire as "genocide." (Saul
Loeb, AFP/Getty Images)
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
