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Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Jan 28 2008
The USA Won't Allow `Armenian Genocide' to be Recognized: Assistant
to Former British Prime Minister
28.01.08 16:01
Azerbaijan, Baku, 28 January /corr. Trend F.Rzayev, K.Ramazanova /
The USA will not allow the recognition of the `Armenian genocide' by
Turks at the beginning of the last century, said Norman Stone,
Assistant to former Prime Minister of Great Britain.
`These are political statements. We all know politicians have to say
things and then do something different,' Stone said in Baku on 28
January.
Candidates from the Democratic Party, senator Hillary Clinton and
Barak Obama, called upon the Congress to pass Resolution No 106,
promising to recognize the `Armenian genocide' in Ottoman Turkey at
the beginning of the last century if they are elected as President of
the USA.
The resolution was presented to the House of Representatives on 30
January 2007 by Adam Shiff under pressure from the Armenian lobby in
the USA. The US President George W Bush has repeatedly protested
against recognition of the `Armenian genocide'. The US Secretary
General and eight former Secretaries of State also opposed adoption
of this resolution.
Turkey, who does not recognize the accusations of the Armenians, has
repeatedly warned that if resolution No 106 is adopted, US-Turkish
relations may worsen. Last week the Prime Minister of Turkey, Rajab
Teyyub Erdogan, condemned Obama and accused him of `political
inexperience'.
`Everybody well understands that adopting the Armenian draft law will
bring significant harm to relations between Turkey and the United
States,' the Prime Minister of Turkey said.
Ankara suggested Armenia attend a mixed commission which would give
free access to the archives of the 1915 events, but Armenia refused.
Turkish journalist-commentator and commentator of the Turkish Daily
News, Jem Oguz, considers that the candidates for Presidency in the
USA have repeatedly made such statements. `There are big differences
between the candidates for presidency and president,' he said.
According to Oguz, the president takes on a responsibility and if it
is possible to give up the responsibility, the genocide will be
recognized.
Oguz considers that if resolution No 106 is passed, the USA will lose
its partner in Turkey. `Differences will materialize between the USA
and Turkey and results of the confrontation will be in favor of
Turkey,' he said.
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Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Jan 28 2008
The USA Won't Allow `Armenian Genocide' to be Recognized: Assistant
to Former British Prime Minister
28.01.08 16:01
Azerbaijan, Baku, 28 January /corr. Trend F.Rzayev, K.Ramazanova /
The USA will not allow the recognition of the `Armenian genocide' by
Turks at the beginning of the last century, said Norman Stone,
Assistant to former Prime Minister of Great Britain.
`These are political statements. We all know politicians have to say
things and then do something different,' Stone said in Baku on 28
January.
Candidates from the Democratic Party, senator Hillary Clinton and
Barak Obama, called upon the Congress to pass Resolution No 106,
promising to recognize the `Armenian genocide' in Ottoman Turkey at
the beginning of the last century if they are elected as President of
the USA.
The resolution was presented to the House of Representatives on 30
January 2007 by Adam Shiff under pressure from the Armenian lobby in
the USA. The US President George W Bush has repeatedly protested
against recognition of the `Armenian genocide'. The US Secretary
General and eight former Secretaries of State also opposed adoption
of this resolution.
Turkey, who does not recognize the accusations of the Armenians, has
repeatedly warned that if resolution No 106 is adopted, US-Turkish
relations may worsen. Last week the Prime Minister of Turkey, Rajab
Teyyub Erdogan, condemned Obama and accused him of `political
inexperience'.
`Everybody well understands that adopting the Armenian draft law will
bring significant harm to relations between Turkey and the United
States,' the Prime Minister of Turkey said.
Ankara suggested Armenia attend a mixed commission which would give
free access to the archives of the 1915 events, but Armenia refused.
Turkish journalist-commentator and commentator of the Turkish Daily
News, Jem Oguz, considers that the candidates for Presidency in the
USA have repeatedly made such statements. `There are big differences
between the candidates for presidency and president,' he said.
According to Oguz, the president takes on a responsibility and if it
is possible to give up the responsibility, the genocide will be
recognized.
Oguz considers that if resolution No 106 is passed, the USA will lose
its partner in Turkey. `Differences will materialize between the USA
and Turkey and results of the confrontation will be in favor of
Turkey,' he said.