TURKEY URGES NO VOTE IN US ON ARMENIA GENOCIDE

Associated Press
March 1 2010

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey is urging members of a U.S. congressional
panel to reject a resolution that would recognize the World War I-era
killings of Armenians as genocide.

A Turkish Foreign Ministry statement issued Monday says the resolution
would harm Turkish-U.S. ties and hamper the reconciliation process
between Turkey and Armenia.

The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee is set
to consider the issue Thursday. A positive vote would clear the
resolution to be considered by the full House.

Many scholars view the killings by Ottoman Turks as the first genocide
of the 20th century. Turkey rejects that.

The Turkish statement calls on Congress to be aware of the damage
the resolution would cause and to "act with responsibility."
From: Baghdasarian