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TURKEY INTENSIFIES LOBBYING AGAINST ARMENIAN RESOLUTION
news.az
Dec 21 2010
Azerbaijan
Turkish Ambassador in Washington personally telephoned Congress
members.
Turkey's Embassy in Washington, D.C. has intensified lobbying efforts
against a possible approval of an Armenian resolution at the US
House of Representatives that calls for the recognition of Armenian
allegations over the the incidents of 1915 back in the Ottoman Empire.
Diplomatic sources close to the ongoing efforts said Turkish Ambassador
in Washington, D.C. Namik Tan personally telephoned Congress members
to win their support against the resolution as the ambassador also
called former US secretaries of state and defense as well as national
security advisors.
The Turkish Embassy also had contacted officials with the US Chamber
of Commerce to have them exert pressure on Congress members and warn
them over possible damage of the resolution on business relations
between Turkey and the United States.
The resolution "H. Res. 252" --labelling the 1915 incidents which took
place shortly before the fall of the Ottoman Empire as genocide --
was approved by the Foreign Relations Committee of the US House of
Representatives by a vote of 23 against 22 last March.
The adoption of the resolution caused wide reaction in Turkey,
which recalled its ambassador, who returned to Washington, D.C. a
month later.
The resolution may come to the House floor on Tuesday on a call by
Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
From: A. Papazian
news.az
Dec 21 2010
Azerbaijan
Turkish Ambassador in Washington personally telephoned Congress
members.
Turkey's Embassy in Washington, D.C. has intensified lobbying efforts
against a possible approval of an Armenian resolution at the US
House of Representatives that calls for the recognition of Armenian
allegations over the the incidents of 1915 back in the Ottoman Empire.
Diplomatic sources close to the ongoing efforts said Turkish Ambassador
in Washington, D.C. Namik Tan personally telephoned Congress members
to win their support against the resolution as the ambassador also
called former US secretaries of state and defense as well as national
security advisors.
The Turkish Embassy also had contacted officials with the US Chamber
of Commerce to have them exert pressure on Congress members and warn
them over possible damage of the resolution on business relations
between Turkey and the United States.
The resolution "H. Res. 252" --labelling the 1915 incidents which took
place shortly before the fall of the Ottoman Empire as genocide --
was approved by the Foreign Relations Committee of the US House of
Representatives by a vote of 23 against 22 last March.
The adoption of the resolution caused wide reaction in Turkey,
which recalled its ambassador, who returned to Washington, D.C. a
month later.
The resolution may come to the House floor on Tuesday on a call by
Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
From: A. Papazian