We Were Against the Genocide Resolution: US Ambassador to Turkey

17:25 – 05.03.10

US Ambassador to Turkey James Jeffrey, invited to a press conference
in Ankara today by Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the
US administration, including himself, Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton and President Barack Obama, was opposed to House Resolution
252 on the Armenian Genocide.

Turkish broadcaster NTV, quoting anonymous diplomatic sources, said
that Turkey’s foreign ministry had asked Jeffrey to pass on the
following three messages to the US administration: the essence of the
resolution is inaccurate, and it will negatively affect
Turkish-American relations, as well as the process of normalizing
Armenia-Turkey relations.

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