TURKEY TO UNDERTAKE EXACT MEASURES IN CASE US CONGRESS RECOGNIZES RESOLUTION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Oct 22 2007

Azerbaijan, Baku / Òrend corr K. Ramazanova / Turkey will undertake
exact measures in case the US Congress passes the resolution
recognizing ‘Armenian genocide’, Rakib Kilic, the assistant chairman
of the Turkish Police General Directorate’s Department on Smuggling
and Organized Crime, said.

"We hope the resolution will not be passed. But if the United States
passes it, Turkey will undertake exact steps," he said.

US Congress developed a draft resolution stating that at the beginning
of the 20th century Turks committed genocide of Armenians in the
Ottoman Empire. Armenians state that over 1.5mln Armenians were
slaughtered on that day.

Turkey has repeatedly warned the United States that in case it
passes resolution 106, the relationships between the two counties
will deteriorate.

Speaking on the relations between Turkey and Iraq, Kilic noted that
the two countries’ officials were negotiating.

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