AMERICAN CONGRESSMEN SUPPORT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION
Noyan Tapan
Oct 13, 2009
WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 13, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The signing of
the protocols on normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations in Zurich
does not mean that the lobbying campaign for adoption of Resolution
N 252 on Armenian Genocide will stop. According to panarmenian.net,
the Hill newspaper of U.S.
Congress reported this.
Congressman Adam Schiff, who is one of the leading supporters of
resolution’s adoption, is going to continue working to secure adoption
of the bill in Congress. "We are going to continue our efforts aimed
at resolution’s adoption," Adam Schiff declared expressing the hope
that after all Turkey will admit its history.
According to the newspaper, after August 31 when Armenia and Turkey
published the Protocols seven Congressmen signed on the list of
resolution’s supporters. Congressmen Brian Bilberry and Darrell Issa
also joined them last week. At present the number of Congressmen
supporting the resolution is 134.
Adam Schiff said that for the present, he cannot say surely when
the resolution will be submitted for approval to the U.S. House
Committee on Foreign Affairs and when will be passed to the House
of Representatives for voting. Nevertheless, the Congressman expects
support by Armenian organizations that carry out an active campaign
for achieving resolution’s adoption in Congress.
Ambassador of Turkey to U.S. Nabi Shensoy, in his turn, declared that
the process of Resolution on Armenian Genocide in Congress can damage
the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations. According to the
newspaper, the Embassy of Turkey to U.S. has prepared a PR campaign
in U.S. to hinder adoption of that bill.