FRIED: H.RES.106 "WOULDN’T HELP TO ESTABLISH DIALOGUE BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY"

PanARMENIAN.Net
05.11.2007 14:53 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "The U.S. stands for a dialogue between Armenia and
Turkey," Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary of State for European and
Eurasian Affairs, said when addressing university graduates.

The fact the Armenian Genocide resolution "did not pass in the
Congress is the evidence of State Department’s efficient activity,"
according to him.

"Personally I, Secretary of State Rice and President Bush addressed
the Congress on the issue, as we think such moves do not contribute
to debate on 1915 events.

Of course, many innocent people died but a dialogue should determine
whether to call it Genocide. Adoption of the resolution wouldn’t help
to establish dialogue between Armenia and Turkey. Each country has
dark spot in history. U.S. had slavery and the problem of Indians,
but it doesn’t mean that our state is bad," he said, APA reports.