MUTAFIAN: RESOLUTION TURNS INTO TOOL FOR US DOMESTIC POLITICS

The New Anatolian, Turkey
Oct 16 2007

Mesrob Mutafian, patriarch of Turkish Armenians, said they opposed
to the resolution regarding Armenian allegations on the incidents of
1915 which was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee
on Foreign Affairs.

Patriarch Mutafian visited the Santa Clause Church in Demre town of
the southern city of Antalya.

He told reporters during the visit that the resolution became a tool of
domestic policy in the United States, and called on people to exclude
Turkish citizens of Armenian origin from discussions over the issue.

He said that they will do everything in their power to prevent passage
of the resolution by the full House.

Recalling that Prime Minister Erdogan earlier proposed Armenia to set
up a joint commission of historians to deal with the issue, Mutafian
added that it was a significant offer.