JEWISH LOBBY AGAINST "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE" RESOLUTIONS

APA
Jan 19 2010
Azerbaijan

Baku – APA. US Jewish lobby officially declared its antipathy to
the draft resolutions for so-called "Armenian genocide" recognition
submitted to US Congress.

One of the world’s powerful Jewish organizations – Anti-Defamation
League (ADL) said adoption of the "genocide" resolution by House of
Representatives and Senate wouldn’t be suitable for the moment, APA
reports quoting Turkish "Vatan" newspaper. Director of the New-York
based ADL’s bureau in Washington Jess Horders said they supported the
idea of joint historic commission proposed by Turkey and described
in the protocols signed with Armenia: "It is the best way to discuss
this issue at the joint commission of Turkish and Armenian historic
commission of Armenian and Turkish historians.