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TURKEY NEEDS PLAN B IF CONGRESS PASSES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION
HYE-TERT
June 5 2008
Turkey
Turkey needs a plan B in the likelihood the U.S. Congress passes a
resolution endorsing Armenian Genocide under a new administration, said
campaign advisers for the presidential candidates of both American
political parties. Richard Burt, campaign advisor to Republican
nominee John McCain, and Philip Gordon, campaign advisor to likely
Democratic nominee Barack Obama, discussed the implications of a
Republican or Democratic victory for Turkish-American relations at
a panel organized by the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's
Association (TUSIAD) and the Brookings Institute. U.S. Sen. Barack
Obama, the Democratic Party's top presidential candidate, has pledged
to recognize the World War I-era killings of Armenians in the Ottoman
Empire as Genocide if elected president, as does his competitor Hillary
Clinton. Though not excluding a possibility of a change of heart,
given that politicians act differently in practice than they claim
in their election campaigns, Gordon advised the Turkish government
to have a plan B on the Genocide Resolution issue. Marc Parris,
a former American ambassador to Ankara, argued that Democrats will
become stronger in Congress and said the Turkish government should be
prepared. Whereas Burt argued that both Democrats and Republicans see
Turkey as a traditional ally, Gordon said the new administration will
have to devise a new policy on Turkey and cannot afford to continue
overlooking Turkey in favor of other priorities, the Turkish Daily
News reports.
HYE-TERT
June 5 2008
Turkey
Turkey needs a plan B in the likelihood the U.S. Congress passes a
resolution endorsing Armenian Genocide under a new administration, said
campaign advisers for the presidential candidates of both American
political parties. Richard Burt, campaign advisor to Republican
nominee John McCain, and Philip Gordon, campaign advisor to likely
Democratic nominee Barack Obama, discussed the implications of a
Republican or Democratic victory for Turkish-American relations at
a panel organized by the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's
Association (TUSIAD) and the Brookings Institute. U.S. Sen. Barack
Obama, the Democratic Party's top presidential candidate, has pledged
to recognize the World War I-era killings of Armenians in the Ottoman
Empire as Genocide if elected president, as does his competitor Hillary
Clinton. Though not excluding a possibility of a change of heart,
given that politicians act differently in practice than they claim
in their election campaigns, Gordon advised the Turkish government
to have a plan B on the Genocide Resolution issue. Marc Parris,
a former American ambassador to Ankara, argued that Democrats will
become stronger in Congress and said the Turkish government should be
prepared. Whereas Burt argued that both Democrats and Republicans see
Turkey as a traditional ally, Gordon said the new administration will
have to devise a new policy on Turkey and cannot afford to continue
overlooking Turkey in favor of other priorities, the Turkish Daily
News reports.