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Anatolia News Agency, Turkey
Oct 12 2007
Turkey to "retaliate" for US Armenian resolution - Turkish politician
Washington, DC, 12 October: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development
(AK) Party Deputy Chairman Egemen Bagis said that the losing party
regarding the approval of the US House committee resolution is not
Turkey but Armenia and the relations between Turkey and the United
States.
Bagis, who is also a foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan, held a press conference in Washington, DC, regarding
the approval of a resolution on Armenian allegations on the incidents
of 1915 by the US House of Representatives committee on foreign
affairs.
Bagis said Turkey's efforts will continue to avert the bill to be
brought to a vote in the full house, noting that they appreciated US
administration's endeavours against the resolution.
"Turkish people regrets it and they are disappointed. It will not be
easy to ameliorate it," he said and added that Turkey will closely
monitor US attitude on terrorist organization PKK [Kurdistan Workers'
Party], especially after this move by the house, which he regards as
a "game in American domestic politics" to react to US administration
over the war in Iraq.
Egemen Bagis also delivered a speech at the Carnegie Endowment, a
think-tank organization in Washington, DC, and said Turkey will
retaliate against the resolution.
"It will be decided in Ankara. If the house passes the resolution, it
will definitely be retaliated," he said.
Oct 12 2007
Turkey to "retaliate" for US Armenian resolution - Turkish politician
Washington, DC, 12 October: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development
(AK) Party Deputy Chairman Egemen Bagis said that the losing party
regarding the approval of the US House committee resolution is not
Turkey but Armenia and the relations between Turkey and the United
States.
Bagis, who is also a foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan, held a press conference in Washington, DC, regarding
the approval of a resolution on Armenian allegations on the incidents
of 1915 by the US House of Representatives committee on foreign
affairs.
Bagis said Turkey's efforts will continue to avert the bill to be
brought to a vote in the full house, noting that they appreciated US
administration's endeavours against the resolution.
"Turkish people regrets it and they are disappointed. It will not be
easy to ameliorate it," he said and added that Turkey will closely
monitor US attitude on terrorist organization PKK [Kurdistan Workers'
Party], especially after this move by the house, which he regards as
a "game in American domestic politics" to react to US administration
over the war in Iraq.
Egemen Bagis also delivered a speech at the Carnegie Endowment, a
think-tank organization in Washington, DC, and said Turkey will
retaliate against the resolution.
"It will be decided in Ankara. If the house passes the resolution, it
will definitely be retaliated," he said.