Journal of Turkish Weekly
Sept 15 2005
Jewish lobby in US pledges support to Turkey on Armenian allegiations
14 September 2005-TURKEY /NEW YORK
Cihan News Agency-World
Representatives of the Jewish associations in the US have announced
that they would favor Turkey if a draft bill regarding the Armenian
allegations of genocide committed by the Ottoman authorities during
WW1 are presented in the US Congress.
PM Recep Tayyip Erdoðan today received representatives of US Jewish
associations in New York where he will attend the United Nations
Millennium Summit.
The Jewish representatives thanked Turkey for its help sent following
the Katrina hurricane disaster, and also expressed their appreciation
of Erdogan’s contribution to regional stability and democratic
efforts in the middle east.
In relation to attempts to have a bill passed in the US Congress
condemning as genocide the deaths of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire
during World War 1, the Jewish delegation said that they would go on
backing Turkey. Erdoðan also denied the allegations of genocide and
stated that the archives relevant to the issue has been opened to
researchers.
The Jewish delegation also expressed their thanks to Erdoðan for
Turkey’s hosting of the recent Israeli-Pakistani top-level diplomatic
meeting held in Istanbul.