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    U.S. MEASURE ON ARMENIA ANGERS TURKEY

    United Press International UPI
    March 1 2010

    ANKARA, Turkey, March 1 (UPI) -- Washington should understand the
    harm that a resolution on alleged genocide in Armenia would have to
    relations with Turkey, officials said Monday in Ankara.

    U.S. Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., is backing a resolution headed
    Thursday to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign
    Affairs that would classify atrocities committed against the Armenia
    population under Ottoman rule in 1915 as genocide.

    The Armenian diaspora in the United States has urged the U.S.

    government to formally take a strong stance on the issue.

    Burak Ozugergin, a spokesman for the Turkish foreign minister, said
    in a written statement to English-language newspaper Hurriyet that
    the measure was regrettable.

    "We want to believe the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee
    are aware of the harm that will be caused by the adoption of the
    draft resolution to Turkish-U.S. relations, as well as the efforts
    for peace and stability in the South Caucasus and that they will act
    with a feeling of responsibility," he said.

    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the U.S. measure
    would strike a "blow to his efforts to handle ties with Armenia.

    A group of Turkish officials is headed to Washington to urge lawmakers
    not to pass the resolution.
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