TURKISH MP: CONSIDERATION OF "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE" BY U.S. CONGRESS DAMAGES TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS
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March 1 2010
Azerbaijan
Turkish Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Murat
Mercan left for working visit to the United States to prevent the
consideration of so-called, "Armenian genocide" by the U.S. Congress.
Before his visit to Washington, he said that the discussion of the 1915
events in the U.S. Congress would damage Turkish-American relations.
U.S Congress’s International Relations Commission Chairman Howard
Berman proposed to submit the so-called ‘Armenian genocide’ for
consideration March 4.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that submission for
consideration of the bill on the so-called, "Armenian genocide" March
4 by the U.S. Congress’s Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Howard
Berman is not accidental and planned by Armenia.
He said that for some reason, when Ankara announced the protocols’
signing in August there was no pressure. According to him, someone
is trying to convince Ankara of something it did not commit.
Davutoglu said that raising of the bill does not match the interests
of either Turkey, the U.S. or Armenia.