HAKAN TEKIN: TURKEY NOT SCARED OF ITS HISTORY

PanARMENIAN.Net
18.12.2007 14:49 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ American lawmakers should not vote on the
Armenian Genocide resolution, H.Res.106, since it can hamper the
Armenian-Turkish reconciliation, said Hakan Tekin, Turkey’s Consul
General in Los Angeles.

"It’s not correct to describe killings of Armenians during World
War I as Genocide," he said. "The 27-21 Committee vote resulted in
tensions in the Turkey-U.S. relations. Turkey briefly pulled its
U.S. ambassador, Nabi Sensoy, back to Ankara after the vote."

According to him, Turkey is not afraid to withstand history. Tekin
reminded that Turkish Premier Erdogan proposed RA President Robert
Kocharian to form a joint committee of historians to investigate the
issue. "We are not scared of our history, and we are not trying to
hide anything," Tekin said.

"The Congress shouldn’t pass the legislation, since it will become a
tool of pressure in the hands of the Armenian community, which can
influence on the U.S. political field," the Consul General said,
columnist Hakop Martirossian writes.