KIRO MANOYAN: "U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WILL ADOPT H. RES. 106"
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[08:05 pm] 17 October, 2007
Over ten congressmen, both Republicans and Democrats, have withdrawn
their signatures supporting the Armenian Genocide Resolution
(H. Res. 106), the "New York Times" reports. In the result, the number
of the congressmen backing the measure has reduced.
"The adoption of the resolution will break off USA-Turkey
relations. Obviously, the congressmen withdrew signatures under
the pressure of the White House. But there is no need to panic,"
the head of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Bureau’s Hay
Dat and Political Affairs Office Kiro Manoyan told A1+. Kiro Manoyan
is confident that H. Res. 106 will be adopted at the plenary session
of the US House of Representatives, and Speaker of the U.S. House
of Representatives Nancy Pelosi will move ahead with a vote on
a resolution.
As for Turkey’s Prime Minister Rejep Erdoghan’s announcement that
people defaming Turkey in this way will "be backfired," Manoyan said,
"It is a mere blackmail. It is not Turkey’s official position.
Currently, 215 congressmen second the measure."
Manoyan’s suggestions are based on the fact that the
U.S. Administration is currently searching for alternative airports
in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, which means that the White House has real
fears that the measure may pass, and Turkey will block the Incirlik
air base.
The Genocide issue is a means to keep the Armenian Issue vivid and
present it to international circles in a comprehensible language,
Kiro Manoyan says.