AZERBAIJANI OFFICIAL: I DON’T BELIEVE THE U.S. CONGRESS WILL ADOPT RESOLUTION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Trend
March 4 2010
Azerbaijan

"The activities of the Turkish delegation that is on a visit to
the United States will be effective," Nizami Jafarov, Azerbaijani
Parliamentary Culture Committee chairman and head of the
Azerbaijan-Turkey Inter-Parliamentary Working Group, told Trend News.

"The U.S, Congress will not accept the resolution on the so-called
Armenian genocide," he said.

U.S. Congress International Relations Commission Chairman Howard
Berman proposed to submit the issue for consideration March 4.

Armenia claims that the Ottoman Empire committed genocide against
Armenians living in Anatolia in 1915. Making greater efforts to promote
the issue internationally, Armenians have achieved its recognition
by parliaments of some countries.

Azerbaijan also took steps to prevent the adoption of the resolution
by the U.S. Congress.

"Given all this, I can say that the resolution is unlikely to be
adopted by the U.S. Congress. However, even if the document is adopted,
it is not so radical," he added.

Turkey and Azerbaijan can influence the U.S. Congress.

"Despite the fact that these opportunities are currently quite limited,
they are gradually increasing. So I do not believe that the resolution
on the Armenian genocide can be easily adopted in the U.S.

Congress," he said.