Rice and Gates urge to refrain from passing the Armenian Genocide resolution
ArmRadio.am
16.03.2007 15:52
The US Embassy in Armenia has confirmed the information disseminated
by Turkish media, asserting that US Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates applied to the House of
Representatives, urging to refrain from passing the resolution
condemning the Armenian Genocide in order not to damage the relations
with Turkey.
`The information that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense
Secretary Robert Gates applied to the House of Representatives urging
not to pass the Armenian Genocide resolution corresponds to realty,’
Head of the Public Relations Department of the US Embassy in Armenia
Evelina Arabyan told ` Radiolur.’