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PREMIER ERDOGAN :ARMENIAN RESOLUTION MIGHT STRAIN RELATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND US
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Dec 20 2010
Azerbaijan
Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter to U.S. President Barack
Obama warning that the Armenian resolution could strain relations
between two countries, Anadolu English reported.
Erdogan told Obama in the letter that the resolution "H. Res. 252"
--labelling the 1915 incidents which took place shortly before the
fall of the Ottoman Empire as genocide-- could strain relations
between the two countries.
"H. Res. 252" was approved by the Foreign Relations Committee of the
U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 23 against 22 last March.
The adoption of the resolution stirred wide reaction in Turkey which
strongly rejects the allegations and regards the events as civil
strife in wartime which claimed lives of many Turks and Armenians.
Turkey had recalled its ambassador to the United States as a response
after the incident. Ambassador Namik Tan returned to Washington one
month later.
Now the alarm bells are ringing once again for Turkish-U.S. relations
as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, wants
to bring the resolution to the House floor in 48 hours.
The resolution is not binding even if it is voted and accepted in the
House of Representatives. It is only recommendatory. U.S. President
Barack Obama and the administration do not have to abide by this
recommendation even if it is accepted.
From: A. Papazian
Trend
Dec 20 2010
Azerbaijan
Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter to U.S. President Barack
Obama warning that the Armenian resolution could strain relations
between two countries, Anadolu English reported.
Erdogan told Obama in the letter that the resolution "H. Res. 252"
--labelling the 1915 incidents which took place shortly before the
fall of the Ottoman Empire as genocide-- could strain relations
between the two countries.
"H. Res. 252" was approved by the Foreign Relations Committee of the
U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 23 against 22 last March.
The adoption of the resolution stirred wide reaction in Turkey which
strongly rejects the allegations and regards the events as civil
strife in wartime which claimed lives of many Turks and Armenians.
Turkey had recalled its ambassador to the United States as a response
after the incident. Ambassador Namik Tan returned to Washington one
month later.
Now the alarm bells are ringing once again for Turkish-U.S. relations
as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, wants
to bring the resolution to the House floor in 48 hours.
The resolution is not binding even if it is voted and accepted in the
House of Representatives. It is only recommendatory. U.S. President
Barack Obama and the administration do not have to abide by this
recommendation even if it is accepted.
From: A. Papazian