AZERBAIJANI PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: RESOLUTION ABOUT FALSE "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE" TO BE DISCUSSED IN CONGRESS IS NOT IN U.S INTERESTS

Trend
Feb 24 2010
Azerbaijan

Submission of the resolutions related to false "Armenian genocide"
to the U.S. Congress’s consideration is not in the interests of this
country, the chairman of the Azerbaijani parliamentary committee said.

"In this region, the main U.S. ally is Turkey. The adoption of
the resolution No 252 about false Armenian genocide can seriously
damage U.S. relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan", Azerbaijani
parliamentary committee on foreign affairs and interparliamentary
relations chairman Samad Seyidov said in an interview with the website
of the New Azerbaijan Party.

The claim about the "Armenian genocide" is a statement about the mass
extermination of Armenians living in Anatolia during the World War I.

Turkey considers the events as the Armenian-Turkish confrontation.

According to Seyidov, it is known that this document will be submitted
for discussion under the influence of Armenian lobby. "But congressmen
also know how important relations with Turkey for U.S. So I would
like to believe that the U.S. Congress will not adopt the document,"
chairman of the committee said.