ATAA ADDRESSES A LETTER TO US PRESIDENT REGARDING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
23.03.2010 21:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Assembly of Turkish-American Associations (ATAA)
has sent a letter to United States President Barack Obama requesting
that Obama make a public statement to that Genocide resolution is
not brought to the floor of the General Assembly of the House of
Representatives.

"As a leading voice of over a half million proud Americans of Turkish
heritage and many more Americans who support the US-Turkish model
partnership, the Assembly of Turkish-American Associations (ATAA)
urges that you continue to discourage a Congressional vote on House
Resolution 252, which narrowly passed the House Foreign Affairs
Committee by a vote of 23-22 on March 4, 2010," the ATAA said.

"That H.Res. 252 so narrowly passed out of HFAC indicates that Congress
remains deeply divided on this measure and its underpinnings.

By asking Chairman Berman not to promote the resolution, you have
signalled your understanding that the resolution is misguided and
incriminates a key ally, Turkey, and a key heritage community, the
Turkish Americans. As has been demonstrated by the recall of the
Turkish Ambassador, the mere commencement of a consideration of this
matter by the US legislature is likely to severely disrupt US-Turkish
relations, as well as derail the ratification of the Armenia-Turkey
Protocols in which you have so wisely invested," the ATAA underlined.

"The United States and Turkey enjoy a model partnership, whose pillars
include the fight against global terrorism, efforts for peace and
stability in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, and the broader Balkans and
Middle East, and democratic and economic development from Africa to
Central Asia. The United States and Turkey are also important trade
partners, as US exports to Turkey are more than 10 billion USD and
create thousands of American jobs," the ATAA emphasized, The Anatolia
News Agency reported.