Turkish Press
March 16 2007
Armenian Resolution At U.S. House Of Representatives
Published: 3/15/2007
-BAGIS: "TWO MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REVOKE THEIR
SIGNATURES"
WASHINGTON D.C. – "As a result of Turkey`s endeavors, 2 members of
the U.S. House of Representatives supporting the draft resolution on
so-called Armenian genocide (submitted to the U.S. 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 U.S. 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.