RA PRESIDENT WELCOMED ENDEAVORS AIMED AT U.S. CONGRESS RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.10.2007 14:42 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian President Robert Kocharian commended
endeavors aimed at recognition of the Armenian Genocide by
U.S. Congress.

Recognition of historical truth cannot be harmful for U.S.-Turkey
bilateral relations, said President Kocharian, currently in Brussels.

He noted that despite the tension that emerged after France’s
recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the Turkish-French commodity
turnover increased 1.5 times during a year.

The RA President also reminded that in the course of 15 years
already, Yerevan has kept on offering Turkey to open dialogue without
preconditions.

October 10, brushing aside White House warnings, the U.S. House
Committee on Foreign Affairs approved the Armenian Genocide resolution
with 27 to 21 votes. The Committee decision opens the way for full
house consideration of the measure.