RESOLUTION 252 MUST SUBMITTED TO U.S. CONGRESS FULL VOTE BEFORE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS
PanARMENIAN.Net
09.03.2010 15:42 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ At the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
hearings on the Armenian Genocide resolution 252 congressmen stressed
the importance to recognize the Armenian Genocide right now, Koryun
Nahapetyan, Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) member told a news
conference in Yerevan jointly held with MP from RPA parliamentary
group Artak Zakaryan.
According to Koryun Nahapetyan, U.S. congressmen reaffirmed their
commitment to universal values. The decision of the U.S. House
Committee on Foreign Affairs is first and very important step in the
legislative process, since other steps are not possible without it,
he said.
"On the day following the Committee’s vote, we met with the chairman
of U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs Howard L. Berman to discuss
the next steps," he said. According to Nahapetyan, Berman couldn’t
yet make any predictions.
Koryun Nahapetyan expressed hope that the resolution will be included
in the House of Representatives plenary agenda before the U.S.
Congress elections. "111th Congress will be acting before November
2010. By that time the Armenian Genocide resolution must be included
in the agenda of the plenary session of the House of Representatives,"
RPA member said.
According to him, the Armenian Genocide recognition will not damage
the Armenian-Turkish reconciliation. "The processes are still ongoing
and the outcomes of events may lead to different situations, " Artak
Zakaryan said.
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.
Resolution 252 must be submitted to a full vote in the U.S. Congress
before the November elections.
The resolution affirming the U.S. record on the Armenian
Genocide (H.Res.252) was formally introduced in the U.S. House of
Representatives by Reps. Adam Schiff (D.-CA), George Radanovich
(R.-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D.-NJ), and Mark Kirk (R.-Ill) in 2009.
It currently has 137 co-sponsors.