SPEAKER OF THE US CONGRESS’S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOICES UNCERTAINTY REGARDING ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING SO-CALLED ‘ARMENIAN GENOCIDE’

Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Oct 18 2007

Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US Congress’s House of Representatives,
voiced her uncertainty in connection with the adoption of the
resolution on recognition of the so-called ‘Armenian genocide’. She
made this statement in 17 October following the refusal of several
member of Congress to support the resolution with threats of
deterioration of the US-Turkish relations, ITAR-TASS reports.

"It is not important if the resolution will be adopted or not and
what measures will be taken, – the future will show how all these
will come to the end," Pelosi said. Earlier, despite George Bush’s
objection, Pelosi highlighted Congress’s support to the resolution
and personally supported its approval. According to Pelosi, passing
the resolution should not bring harms to the relations between the
USA and Turkey because it assesses the actions of Ottoman Empire,
but not the current Turkish Government. Last week the resolution was
approved by the Committee for Foreign Affairs of the US Congress’s
House of Representatives.

In the opposite, the White House considers that this legislative
initiative might essentially damage bilateral relations and harm US
interests in Europe and in the Near East. Earlier Bush Administration
highlighted its intentions to take steps to prevent the anti-Turkish
resolution.