Today, Azerbaijan
March 5 2010
Expert: Process of recognition of so-called "Armenian genocide" not to
go on in United States
05 March 2010 [17:33] – Today.Az
The House of Representatives and U.S. Senate are not likely to
support the resolution on the so-called "Armenian genocide" recognized
by the International Relations Committee, U.S. expert on South
Caucasus and Turkey Mark N. Katz said.
"But will the resolution then be passed by the House of
Representatives as a whole? But will the Senate also pass the
resolution? In my view, this is highly unlikely–if only because it
is very difficult for the Senate to pass anything that is
controversial," Politics Professor at the Public and International
Affairs Department at George Mason University Mark Katz said.
U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Thursday adopted 23 votes
to 22 a resolution recognizing the so-called "Armenian genocide".
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.
How this affects US-Turkish relations depends on how Turkey reacts, Katz said.
"If both the House and the Senate pass the resolution, US-Turkish
relations are highly likely to be negatively affected. But this, I
believe, is highly unlikely," he added.
However, Turkey may react negatively to approval of the resolution by
just the House Foreign Affairs Committee, he said. "I would hope not,
but if it does, this will actually increase the chances that the full
House and perhaps even the Senate will also approve the measure," Katz
added.
Prior to discussions, the U.S. President Barack Obama advised Congress
not to adopt resolution on genocide, CNN Turk reported.
Meanwhile the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a telephone
conversation with the chairman of the committee on foreign affairs of
the U.S. Congress said that the adoption of resolution jeopardizes the
Armenian-Turkish protocols.
The U.S-Turkish relations have reached a higher level, and the U.S.
should not risk the progress made in resolving the Armenian-Turkish
relations, considering the matter, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu said March 4.
/Trend News/
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