14:15 05/03/2010 » Politics
Vatan: Obama, Clinton, Pelosi Armenian Resolution further path-makers…
After the US House Foreign Relations Committee has passed the Armenian
Genocide Resolution, Turkish Vatan draws attention on three US eminent
figures: President Barack Obama, State Secretary Hillary Clinton and
Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi as further
path-makers for the Resolution.
Let’s say it’s Pelosi who will decide whether the resolution will be
included into the US House agenda.
`Pelosi represents a state where lots of Armenians live and the
Armenian lobby tried hard during her election campaign. It was this
very Pelosi, however, who despite being one of the most vigorous
Armenian Resolution supporters in 2007, gave in Bush junior
administration’s suppressions and didn’t bring the Resolution to the
House plenary session agenda,’ the source says.
It says Ankara expects Obama and Clinton to prevent Pelosi from
bringing the abovesaid Resolution into agenda.
`Ankara has expectations while Obama, Clinton and Pelosi statements
made in the past on the Armnian Genocide read as follows,’ Vatan
highlights:
Barack Obama: `If elected President, I will recognize the Armenian Genocide.’
Hillary Clinton: `I have been a longstanding supporter of the Armenian
Genocide Resolution.’
Nancy Pelosi: `It is long past the time for the United States to
formally recognize the Armenian Genocide.’
Panorama.am recalls that Turkey has traditionally rejected the mass
killings of 1,5 million Armenians carried out early in the 20th
century and took the criticism of the West painfully. The Armenian
Genocide has been recognized by lots of states. It was first
recognized by Uruguay in 1965. Later Russia, France, Italy, the
Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden,
Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina and
the US 42 states did the same. The Armenian Genocide has been
recognized also by Vatican, the Council of Europe, the World Council
of Churches.
Source: Panorama.am