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  • ANKARA: Armenian lobbyists are not giving it up

    Journal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey
    July 4 2005

    Armenian lobbyists are not giving it up

    source: Hurriyet

    The Armenian lobby group in US Congress has presented the House of
    Representatives with a blueprint for action which calls on Washington
    to push Ankara for the opening of Turkey-Armenia borders. The bill,
    prepared by the leading Armenian Democrat deputy Adam Schiff,
    suggests that the closing of the borders is a breach on international
    standards, which has also had an effect on imported goods to the
    country with an increase of 30-35%. The new bill calls on the
    Secretary of State to announce US's stance in no more than 30 days.

    `It is time to push the lifting of the embargo Turkey has been
    implementing on Armenia,' commented Schiff. Yet another
    representative of the Armenian lobby, Democrat Party member Frank
    Pallone said: `President George W. Bush and Secretary of State
    Condoleezza Rice must do what they can to put an end to Turkey's
    embargo on Armenia. We can no longer let this happen.'

    The Armenian lobby in Congress has already presented the House of
    Representatives with another bill which called for the recognition of
    the so-called Armenian genocide.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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