US HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CONTINUES VOTING ON ARMENIAN ‘GENOCIDE’ DRAFT

APA
March 4 2010
Azerbaijan

Baku – APA. A US House Foreign Affairs Committee is debating a
resolution to label Armenian ‘genocide, APA reports.

During the debate over Armenian "genocide" Republicans Mike Pence and
Michael T. McCaul and Democrats Michael McMahon, Eni Faleomavaega
opposed this draft, emphasizing that Turkey is important ally for
the US.

However, US committee chairman Howard Berman and Republican’s group
leader Ileana Ros-Lehtinen stressed the importance of adopting the
draft on "genocide".

The voting on Armenian ‘genocide’ has already begun at 23.15 local
time. Currently opponents of the ‘genocide’ draft are in majority.