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    CONGRESSMAN KIRK SAYS U.S. CONGRESS WILL NOT RECOGNIZE BILL ON THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    02.04.2009 22:03 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The resolution would not pass this year again,
    although there are high expectations this time as U.S. President
    Obama has promised to recognize the Armenian Genocide during election
    campaign, Republican congressman Mark Kirk, one of the four authors
    of the bill presented to the House of Representatives, told Turkey's
    Aksam daily.

    "The expectations are high this year, because President Obama gave
    an important promise to Armenians. But I think the situation is
    desperate," he said.

    "Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi will not dare
    pass the bill. She will not place Obama in a difficult position. The
    bill will not pass, don't worry," he added.

    U.S. lawmakers introduced last month a resolution recognizing
    the Armenian Genocide. The resolution, titled "The Affirmation of
    the U.S. Record on the Armenian Genocide," has the support of 77
    co-sponsors from both parties in the House of Representatives.

    Turkey has warned that the introduction of the resolution could harm
    both efforts to improve ties with Armenia and bilateral relations
    with the United States.

    U.S. lawmakers almost passed a similar resolution two years ago, but
    congressional leaders did not bring it up for a vote after intense
    pressure from then-President George W. Bush and top members of his
    administration.

    Kirk also told Aksam that if the promise given to Armenians is not
    fulfilled, Democrats may lose Congress elections in 2010.

    The U.S. congressmen added he believed that Congress would eventually
    recognize the Armenian Genocide.
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