TURKISH PARLIAMENT ADVANCES TO ATTACK TO PREVENT ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN U.S. CONGRESS

Noyan Tapan

Feb 10, 2009

ANKARA, FEBRUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The Grand National Assembly of
Turkey advances to the attack to prevent adoption of resolutions on
Armenian Genocide in various countries’ parliaments.

According to Kosal Toptan, Turkish parliament Speaker, the Grand
National Assembly of Turkey should conduct an active dialogue and
be in touch especially with parliaments and parliamentarians of the
states, where Armenian Diaspora’s positions are most influential.

As Kosal Toptan affirmed it, they have invited Nancy Pelosi, the
Speaker of the U.S. Congress House of Representatives, to Turkey,
who accepted the invitation. However, Turkish parliament Speaker did
not mention concrete terms of Pelosi’s possible visit.

"Without waiting for April 24, we work. We have already sent a
parliamentary delegation to the United States. We sent a second one
a little later. We are going to send one more delegation," Toptan said.

According to information in Turkish press, another Turkish delegation
is having meetings in Brussels.