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02-12-2007, 01:48 PM
While Turkey is already wrangling to stop the passage of an Armenian genocide resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives, pro-Armenian senatorsare gearing up for the introduction of a new and similar measure in the upper chamber of Congress, Armenian and congressional sources said.
“A Senate version of the genocide resolution will be proposed in the coming weeks,” said one congressional source. U.S. Armenian sources confirmed this information.
A resolution introduced in the House of Representatives in late January calls for formal U.S. recognition of World War I-era killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide.
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/a...?enewsid=65967 (http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=65967)
Büyükanit in US Amid Looming Crisis over Armenian Resolution
The Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Yaşar Büyükanıt left for the US yesterday amid such increased concerns following Turkish Foreign Abdullah Gül's recently ended visit to Washington.
Gül's visit was described by some US analysts as a failure, since he was unable to achieve any success in convincing the Democrats that an Armenian resolution would both hurt the ties between the two countries and the US interests. The refusal of Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, to meet with Gül has been a strong signal that passage of the Resolution is highly likely.
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=42592 (http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=42592)
“A Senate version of the genocide resolution will be proposed in the coming weeks,” said one congressional source. U.S. Armenian sources confirmed this information.
A resolution introduced in the House of Representatives in late January calls for formal U.S. recognition of World War I-era killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide.
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/a...?enewsid=65967 (http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=65967)
Büyükanit in US Amid Looming Crisis over Armenian Resolution
The Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Yaşar Büyükanıt left for the US yesterday amid such increased concerns following Turkish Foreign Abdullah Gül's recently ended visit to Washington.
Gül's visit was described by some US analysts as a failure, since he was unable to achieve any success in convincing the Democrats that an Armenian resolution would both hurt the ties between the two countries and the US interests. The refusal of Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, to meet with Gül has been a strong signal that passage of the Resolution is highly likely.
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=42592 (http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=42592)