Today’s Zaman, Turkey
Feb 16 2007
`US administration firm to block Armenian resolution’
Turkey’s top military commander has said he has observed
determination on the part of the US administration to stop an
Armenian genocide resolution from passage in the US Congress.
"I heard senior US administration officials saying decisive words on
stopping the Armenian genocide resolution from securing recognition
in Congress," said Chief of General Staff Gen. Yaþar Büyükanýt,
referring to his talks with US Vice President Dick Cheney and US
National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley.
When asked to comment on whether the US administration seems firm in
its resolve to fight outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
terrorism, Gen. Büyükanýt said, "Yes."
Büyükanýt’s scheduled meeting with US House of Representatives
Foreign Relations Committee head Tom Lantos, which was canceled
yesterday due to severe weather conditions, is to take place on
Friday. The Armenian resolution, which has already been presented to
the US House of Representatives, will be the main subject of this
meeting.
Gen. Büyükanýt is to meet today with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff Gen. Peter Pace and Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Eric
Edelman.
Upon being asked a question as to whether there is any possibility
that the US may resort to force against Iran’s nuclear program,
Büyükanýt said: "No, we did not talk about this issue. We always
prioritize issues that are in our own agenda."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
