US HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE DECISION – A MESSAGE TO TURKEY

PanARMENIAN.Net
05.03.2010 16:32 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Yesterday’s vote disproved opinion of some experts
who maintained that Armenia-Turkey rapprochement hampers the process
of international recognition of Genocide, said the chairman of RA NA
committee on science, education, culture, youth and sports affairs
Artak Davtyan.

Commenting on US House Foreign Affairs Committee’s passage of Genocide
resolution, he noted that Turkey might use the situation to drag out
Protocols ratification. "US House Foreign Affairs Committee decision
is a message to Turkey," he emphasized, adding that Turkey can’t
become a democratic state until it comes to terms with its past.

He didn’t rule out the possibility of resolution being discussed at
US Congress. "As a democratic state and protector of human rights,
US must recognize the Armenian Genocide," Davtyan stressed, venturing
a supposition that the resolution can be accepted in some 2 years.

On March 4, US House Foreign Affairs Committee’s passed a resolution
recognizing and commemorating the Armenian Genocide. The resolution
was passed by a vote of 23-22.
From: Baghdasarian