U.S. Administration Regrets House Foreign Affairs Committee Vote On

U.S. ADMINISTRATION REGRETS HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE VOTE ON H.RES. 106

Press Statement
US Department of State, DC
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Washington, DC
Oct 11 2007

We regret that the House Foreign Affairs Committee has approved House
Resolution 106 and sent it on for consideration by the full House.

The Administration continues strongly to oppose this resolution,
passage of which may do grave harm to U.S.-Turkish relations and to
U.S. interests in Europe and the Middle East. Nor will it improve
Turkish-Armenian relations or advance reconciliation among Turks and
Armenians over the terrible events of 1915.

The United States recognizes the immense suffering of the Armenian
people due to mass killings and forced deportations at the end of
the Ottoman Empire. We support a full and fair accounting of the
atrocities that befell as many as 1.5 million Armenians during World
War I, which H.Res. 106 does not do.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/oct/93421.h

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS