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HURRIYET: PRESIDENT BUSH HELPLESS
MEMRI, DC
Hurriyet
http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blo g_personal/en/3160.htm
Oct 9 2007
The mainstream Turkish daily reports that the Bush administration,
feeling helpless in blocking tomorrow's vote on the Armenian resolution
in the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Relations,
is making last minute requests from Ankara.
Hurriyet reports that the White House is urging the Turkish and
Armenian foreign ministers to meet, and asking Ankara to open the
closed border between Turkey and Armenia as a gesture that might be an
incentive for Armenia to help block the resolution. Reliable sources
are not convinced that such initiatives, at this stage, would bring
any results.
Hurriyet writes that despite its intense efforts against the
Armenian resolution, the Bush administration is unable to convince
the Democratic majority in Congress, therefore it is urging Ankara
to reach out to the Democratic leadership.
According to Hurriyet's sources Ankara is putting pressure on the
White House, whereas the key names are the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
and Democratic leaders around her.
These sources say, "The Republican President Bush and the Democrat
ruled Congress don't agree on anything. When Democrats in Congress
insult the President they score points for the upcoming elections.
Ankara must find a way of reaching the Democratic leadership in the
Congress". "It is like history repeating itself", said the same source,
"During Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the Democrat ruled Congress had
not listened to the Republican administration and had imposed the
arms embargo against Turkey".
MEMRI, DC
Hurriyet
http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blo g_personal/en/3160.htm
Oct 9 2007
The mainstream Turkish daily reports that the Bush administration,
feeling helpless in blocking tomorrow's vote on the Armenian resolution
in the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Relations,
is making last minute requests from Ankara.
Hurriyet reports that the White House is urging the Turkish and
Armenian foreign ministers to meet, and asking Ankara to open the
closed border between Turkey and Armenia as a gesture that might be an
incentive for Armenia to help block the resolution. Reliable sources
are not convinced that such initiatives, at this stage, would bring
any results.
Hurriyet writes that despite its intense efforts against the
Armenian resolution, the Bush administration is unable to convince
the Democratic majority in Congress, therefore it is urging Ankara
to reach out to the Democratic leadership.
According to Hurriyet's sources Ankara is putting pressure on the
White House, whereas the key names are the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
and Democratic leaders around her.
These sources say, "The Republican President Bush and the Democrat
ruled Congress don't agree on anything. When Democrats in Congress
insult the President they score points for the upcoming elections.
Ankara must find a way of reaching the Democratic leadership in the
Congress". "It is like history repeating itself", said the same source,
"During Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the Democrat ruled Congress had
not listened to the Republican administration and had imposed the
arms embargo against Turkey".