US HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO DISCUSS H. RES. 252,ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION, ON MARCH 4

ArmInfo
2010-02-05 14:45:00

ArmInfo. US House Committee on Foreign Affairs is to discuss
H. Res. 252, the Armenian Genocide Resolution, on March 4, 2010,
Arpi Vardanyan, Armenian Assembly of America Regional Director,
told ArmInfo.

She said if the Committee passes the Resolution giving the
go-ahead to the resolution, it will be put on agenda of the House of
Representatives. For his part, ANCA representative Ken Khachikyan has
already declared that they will be actively working with Chairman of
the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Howard Berman and other friends
of the Armenian community in the USA from both the parties to promote
H.Res 252 in the Committee and at the plenary session of the House
of Representatives. K.Khachkiyan has already had several meetings
with the co-authors of H.Res.252 Adam Schiff, Frank Pallone and other
congressmen. ANCA reports that many coalition partners from Greece and
Israel also support the efforts on recognition of Armenian Genocide.

H.Res.252, introduced on March 17th of this year by lead sponsors Adam
Schiff and George Radanovich (R-CA), and Congressional Armenian Caucus
Co-chairs Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Mark Kirk (R-IL), currently has over
135 cosponsors. Its companion legislation in the Senate (S.Res.316),
spearheaded by Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and John Ensign (R-NV)
has 13 cosponsors.