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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION WILL BE VOTED DOWN AT TURNING-POINT
PanARMENIAN.Net
06.07.2007 15:19 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ U.S. possible recognition of the Armenian Genocide
will not necessarily mean recognition by Turkey, RA Deputy Foreign
Minister Arman Kirakossian said in the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic)
University.
"I think, just before the voting the Resolution will be turned down
following a call from the White House.
If the administration decides that the H. Res. 106 jeopardizes
national security, no one will back it, as it happened in 2000. We
should not forget either that Turkey is U.S. ally in the region,"
the RA Deputy FM said.
Absence of U.S. Ambassador negatively influences on the
Armenian-American relations, according to him. "We enjoy good relations
with the United States. Armenia is included in the Millennium Challenge
Account; meetings of the Armenia-U.S. bilateral commission are held
twice a year. However, contacts cannot be exercised at a proper level
without Ambassador," he said.
Ambassador John Evans was recalled in 2006 over public recognition
of the Armenian Genocide. Later, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations
Committee twice blocked Richard Hoagland's nomination. New Jersey
Senator Robert Menendez has twice vetoed the designation. A man denying
the Armenian Genocide can't defend the U.S. interests in Armenia,
he stated.
When addressing the Senate Richard Hoagland said he recognized the
events of 1915 but doesn't think they were genocide.
The Armenian government has given consent on Hoagland's nomination.
PanARMENIAN.Net
06.07.2007 15:19 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ U.S. possible recognition of the Armenian Genocide
will not necessarily mean recognition by Turkey, RA Deputy Foreign
Minister Arman Kirakossian said in the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic)
University.
"I think, just before the voting the Resolution will be turned down
following a call from the White House.
If the administration decides that the H. Res. 106 jeopardizes
national security, no one will back it, as it happened in 2000. We
should not forget either that Turkey is U.S. ally in the region,"
the RA Deputy FM said.
Absence of U.S. Ambassador negatively influences on the
Armenian-American relations, according to him. "We enjoy good relations
with the United States. Armenia is included in the Millennium Challenge
Account; meetings of the Armenia-U.S. bilateral commission are held
twice a year. However, contacts cannot be exercised at a proper level
without Ambassador," he said.
Ambassador John Evans was recalled in 2006 over public recognition
of the Armenian Genocide. Later, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations
Committee twice blocked Richard Hoagland's nomination. New Jersey
Senator Robert Menendez has twice vetoed the designation. A man denying
the Armenian Genocide can't defend the U.S. interests in Armenia,
he stated.
When addressing the Senate Richard Hoagland said he recognized the
events of 1915 but doesn't think they were genocide.
The Armenian government has given consent on Hoagland's nomination.