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  • Genocide Res. pillar for lasting Armenia-Turkey relations: Schiff

    news.am, Armenia
    Dec 19 2009

    Genocide Resolution pillar for lasting Armenia-Turkey relations: Schiff


    13:43 / 12/19/2009U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff called for the adoption
    of the Armenian Genocide Resolution that he has introduced to the
    House of Representatives back on March 17, 2009, Armenian National
    Committee of America (ANCA) website reports.

    Schiff underlined that it is a necessary step `to both counter
    Turkey's campaign of denial and to help lay the foundation for a
    lasting Armenia-Turkey relationship based on truth,' the source reads.

    ANCA informs that `Schiff's actions came in response to a letter from
    the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) and Federation of
    Turkish American Associations (FTAA) that cited the historical
    &`commission' provision of the recently signed Turkey-Armenia
    Protocols as justification for blocking Congressional condemnation and
    commemoration of the Armenian Genocide.'

    `This investigation will necessarily probe the Armenian Revolt
    (1885-1919) during which 1.1 million Ottoman Muslims and Jews
    perished, and its consequences for Ottoman Armenian rebels and their
    supporters,' the letter reads.

    In his turn, Adam Schiff in his December 18 letter says, `I received
    your letter regarding the Armenian Genocide Resolution and after
    reading it, I am more certain than ever that the best way to ensure
    that the victims of the Armenian Genocide are not forgotten is to pass
    the resolution.'

    A.G.
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