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    Earthtimes (press release)
    March 4 2010


    Turkey warns Washington over Armenian resolution

    Posted : Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:18:14 GMT By : dpa


    Istanbul - Ankara has warned Washington that the passing of a
    Congressional resolution recognizing the large-scale massacre of
    Armenians during World War I as a "genocide" could harm relations
    between Turkey and the United States. The US House of Representatives
    Foreign Affairs Committee is scheduled to vote on the non-binding
    resolution Thursday. If it passes, House speak Nancy Pelosi must
    decide if it will go to a full vote.

    Turkey has dispatched several parliamentarians to Washington to lobby
    against the effort and Turkish President Abdullah Gul spoke to his
    American counterpart, Barack Obama, yesterday.

    Turkish leaders have warned that the bill's passing could lead to a
    rupture in relations with Washington and could harm an already
    endangered reconciliation process between Turkey and Armenia.

    "Turkish-US relations are experiencing their most successful period in
    history," Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday. "I
    hope that they will not be damaged by such initiatives."

    Previous efforts to pass similar bills were stopped, mostly due to
    concerns in Washington over the fallout to relations with Turkey. When
    a House committee passed a genocide resolution in 2007, Ankara
    temporarily recalled its ambassador to Washington.

    Armenians contend that up to 1.5 million of their own were
    systematically killed by the Ottoman Turks during World War I. Turkey
    has long denied the genocide claim, saying the number of Armenians
    killed is much lower and that the deaths were the result of violent
    turbulence that also affected other groups at the time.

    Read more: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/312445,tur key-warns-washington-over-armenian-resolution.html #ixzz0hEyJKH0n
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