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    JEFF FORTENBERRY: GENOCIDE RESOLUTION WILL HARM ARMENIA-TURKEY RAPPROCHEMENT

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    04.03.2010 22:14 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The historic truth is that Armenian Genocide was
    committed in Turkey, and I do not doubt it, Congressman from Texas,
    Jeff Fortenberry said.

    "I do not doubt the fact of Genocide; still, I believe it's not
    the right time for US to vote for the adoption of the resolution,"
    he noted during the hearing of U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

    "Armenia and Turkey should discuss the problem between themselves,"
    Jeff Fortenberry said, adding that Genocide resolution will harm
    Armenia-Turkey rapprochement.

    The Armenian Genocide resolution (H.Res. 106) was submitted to the
    House of Representatives by Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), on
    January 30, 2007, during the 110th United States Congress. It was
    a non-binding resolution calling upon the US President to ensure
    that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate
    understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human
    rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States
    record relating to the Armenian Genocide, and for other purposes. Upon
    its introduction it was referred to United States House Committee
    on Foreign Affairs where it passed a 27-21 vote and was sent back
    for a full house vote. On October 26, 2007, in a letter addressed
    to the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, four key sponsors of the bill,
    requested a debate on the bill in full House to be postponed.

    The resolution affirming the U.S. record on the Armenian
    Genocide (H.Res.252) was formally introduced in the U.S. House of
    Representatives by Reps. Adam Schiff (D.-CA), George Radanovich
    (R.-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D.-NJ), and Mark Kirk (R.-Ill) in 2009.

    It currently has 137 co-sponsors.
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