Trend, Azerbaijan
March 5 2010

Opposition leader: Turkish prime minister should cancel his official
visit to U.S.

05.03.2010 20:12
After recognition of the so-called "Armenian genocide" by the U.S.
House of Representatives committee on foreign affairs, the leader of
the Turkish opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahceli
called upon the Prime Minister Rejep Tayyip Erdogan to cancel his
official visit to the United States, scheduled for Apr.12, Turkish
information portal CNN Turk reported.

The opposition leader demanded the Turkish authorities to cancel the
protocols signed between Ankara and Yerevan.

U.S. House of Representatives committee on foreign affairs adopted the
resolution recognizing the so-called "Armenian genocide." Resolution
was adopted with 23 pros and 22 cons of congressmen.

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.