Hillary Clinton: We do not believe that the full Congress will or should act upon H.Res. 252
ArmInfo
2010-03-05 09:10:00
ArmInfo."We do not believe that the full Congress will or should act
upon that resolution and we have made that clear to all the parties
involved," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told reporters
traveling with her in Costa Rica, the Associated Press reported.
"The committee’s vote is awkward for Obama, who pledged as a
presidential candidate to recognize the Armenian deaths as a genocide.
The administration reversed course," Secretary of State acknowledged.
"Circumstances have changed in very significant ways," Clinton said.
The United States supports a Swiss effort to resolve the historical
dispute. We think that is the appropriate way to manage the problems
that have stood in the way of normalization between the two countries,"
Clinton said.
Clinton said that the Obama administration is concerned the resolution
could harm the talks between Turkey and Armenia. "We do not believe
that the full Congress will or should act upon that resolution and
we have made that clear to all the parties involved," she said.