Anatolia News Agency, Turkey
Oct 18 2007
Armenians in Turkey against US genocide resolution – patriarch
Ankara: Armenian Patriarch Mesrob Mutafyan said [on] Thursday [18
October] the Armenian community in Turkey is against the resolution
on incidents of 1915 – which was adopted by the committee on foreign
relations of the US House of Representatives.
"Because this resolution harms our relations in Turkey," he told
reporters after his meeting with Parliament Speaker Koksal Toptan at
the parliament.
Mutafyan said he will speak to representatives of the US Department
of State later on Thursday and express his views about the
resolution.
"Mr Erdogan’s proposal was a good one," he commented on Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s proposal to set up an impartial
commission of historians to examine the incidents of 1915.
Mutafyan said, "It seems this proposal could not get enough support."
During the meeting, Mutafyan congratulated Toptan on his election as
parliament Speaker and wished him success.