U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS APPROVES THE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Panorama.am
00:50 05/03/2010
Politics
Minutes ago U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs approved the
resolution 252 recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
23 Congressmen voted in favour of the resolution while 22 rejected it.
Remind, the voting was preceded by intense discussions and speeches
between democrat and republican members of the Congress, who were
trying to present motivations for pros and cons.
Ambassadors of Armenia and Turkey to the United States as well as
a number of parliamentaries from both states were observing the
discussions at the session hall.