TURKISH MP SAYS TWO US CONGRESSMEN REVOKED SIGNATURES FROM ARMENIAN BILL
Anatolia News Agency, Turkey
March 15 2007
WASHINGTON D.C. (A.A) -15.03.2007 -"As a result of Turkey’s endeavours,
2 members of the US House of Representatives supporting the draft
resolution on so-called Armenian genocide (submitted to the US House
of Representatives) revoked their signatures," Turkish Justice &
Development Party (AKP) Istanbul MP Egemen Bagis said on Thursday.
Bagis is a member of a Turkish parliamentary delegation currently in
Washington D.C. to lobby against the Armenian draft resolution.
In an exclusive interview with the A.A correspondent, Bagis
said Democrat Party Congressman Dennis Moore and Republican Party
Pennsylvania Congressman Phil English revoked their signatures from
the draft, indicating that, "we are more optimistic that the resolution
would not be passed from the House of Representatives."
"USA is aware of the importance of the situation. They don’t want to
lose an ally like Turkey," Bagis remarked.
On the other hand, Armenian Assembly of America (AAA) submitted a
draft resolution to the US Senate asking Armenian incidents of the
last century to be acknowledged as "genocide".
21 of the 100-member Senate supported the draft resolution.
Similar to the draft at the House of Representatives, this resolution
is also not binding.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
