ADAM SCHIFF AGAIN CALLS HOUSE TO PASS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION
PanARMENIAN.Net
18.12.2009 20:02 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Congressman Adam Schiff sent a response letter to
Gunay Evinch of the Assembly of Turkish American Associations and Kaya
Boztepe of the Federation of Turkish American Associations regarding
the necessity to pass the House Armenian Genocide Resolution (H. Res.
252). Mr. Evinch and Mr. Boztepe recently wrote to Congressman Schiff
asking that he withdraw his Armenian Genocide Resolution in light
of the recently signed Turkey – Armenian Protocols, Mr. Sean Oblack,
spokesman for Congressman Schiff, told PanARMENIAN.Net.
The Protocols call for a commission to review the historical dimensions
of the enmity between Armenia and Turkey. In response, Congressman
Schiff states it is imperative that the Congress pass the Genocide
Resolution to prevent Armenia from being forced to accept an historical
whitewash in order advance relations with Turkey.
"In recent months, some, including some in our own government
have suggested that the commission is not intended as a vehicle to
review the history of the Armenian Genocide. Your letter honestly
characterizes it as a vehicle to continue Ankara’s decades of
denial, supporting my own interpretation of the Protocols’ commission
provision," Congressman Schiff wrote in his letter. "The best way to
ensure that the truth about the Armenian Genocide is recognized is
for the United States Congress to act to commemorate the victims now,
while a handful of survivors are still with us."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
