Turkish Ambassador to U.S. to contribute to opposing Genocide Res.

news.am, Armenia
Feb 27 2010

Turkish Ambassador to U.S. to contribute to opposing Genocide resolution

12:22 / 02/27/2010March 4, U.S. House of Representatives Foreign
Affairs Committee will put Armenian Genocide resolution into the
agenda.

The newly-appointed Turkish Ambassador to the United States Namik Tan,
who submitted his credentials to the U.S. President Barack Obama on
Wednesday will also get involved in process of prevention to include
the resolution in the agenda, Turkish Zaman daily reports.

As NEWS.am reported previously, Turkey struggles against adoption of
Genocide Resolution in the U.S. Congress through various means. In
parallel with Murat Mercan’s (Turkish Parliament Foreign Affairs
Commission Chairman) visit to U.S., Turkish Parliament also sent a
letter to the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Howard
Berman.

According to Turkish Internethaber website, the letter says that
resolution’s inclusion in the agenda is not in Armenia’s, Turkey’s or
U.S. interests and steps impeding the normalization process with
Armenia should be avoided. `The resolution misdescribes the events of
the 19th century end ` beginning of 20th. Political analysts should
make way for historians to cover tragedy of 1915. We expect you will
not place the resolution on the agenda,’ the letter reads.

L.A.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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