AZERBAIJAN’S RULING PARTY: "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE" IS "GOLDEN BULLET" IN US ARSENAL AGAINST TURKEY
Trend
March 4 2010
Azerbaijan
Discussing in Congress and adopting the draft resolution on so-called
"Armenian genocide" could seriously damage relations between Turkey
and the United States, the ruling party of Azerbaijan believes.
"The issue of so-called "Armenian genocide" is a lever of pressure on
Turkey. This is a "golden bullet" in the arsenal of the United States
against Turkey," Deputy Executive Secretary of New Azerbaijan Party
(NAP), MP Mubariz Gurbanli, said.
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.
The idea of bringing the question into debate was made by chairman
of the committee on foreign affairs of the U.S. Congress Howard Berman.
"If the U.S. Congress adopts this document, the United States will
lose its authority throughout the Turkic world," said the MP.
According to him, bringing the draft resolution to the agenda in March
is not accidental. "This is an attempt to influence Turkey through
discussing the resolution to force Ankara to ratify the protocols
signed with Armenia. But Turkey is a powerful state, and such methods
do not affect it. Turkey said it would not open its border with
Armenia unless it returns occupied Azerbaijani land," said Gurbanli.