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ANKARA EYES BRITISH MEASURE ON ARMENIA
United Press International UPI
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/03/15 /Ankara-eyes-British-measure-on-Armenia/UPI-247212 68664634/
March 15 2010
ANKARA, Turkey, March 15 (UPI) -- Ankara is watching lawmakers in
London as they get set to deliberate over a national day of remembrance
for the deaths of Armenians during the Ottoman era.
Turkey pulled its ambassador to Sweden last week after Swedish
lawmakers narrowly approved a resolution describing the killing of
Armenians in World War I as genocide. The Turkish envoy to Washington
was recalled when a similar measure narrowly passed March 4 in the
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs.
A measure is on its way to the British Parliament that if adopted
would set aside an "Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day." British
lawmakers are to review a draft of the measure this month.
Nilgun Canver, a council member in the London Borough of Haringey,
told Turkey's English-language daily newspaper Hurriyet that there was
"no chance" the measure would pass.
Ankara expressed similar optimism regarding the U.S. measure, citing
a last ditch-appeal to shoot down the non-binding resolution by U.S.
Security of State Hillary Clinton. The measure passed on a 23-22 vote.
Armenia wants Turkey to recognize the killings as genocide but Turkey
has said there was no systematic attempt to wipe out the Christian
Armenian people in 1915.
United Press International UPI
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/03/15 /Ankara-eyes-British-measure-on-Armenia/UPI-247212 68664634/
March 15 2010
ANKARA, Turkey, March 15 (UPI) -- Ankara is watching lawmakers in
London as they get set to deliberate over a national day of remembrance
for the deaths of Armenians during the Ottoman era.
Turkey pulled its ambassador to Sweden last week after Swedish
lawmakers narrowly approved a resolution describing the killing of
Armenians in World War I as genocide. The Turkish envoy to Washington
was recalled when a similar measure narrowly passed March 4 in the
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs.
A measure is on its way to the British Parliament that if adopted
would set aside an "Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day." British
lawmakers are to review a draft of the measure this month.
Nilgun Canver, a council member in the London Borough of Haringey,
told Turkey's English-language daily newspaper Hurriyet that there was
"no chance" the measure would pass.
Ankara expressed similar optimism regarding the U.S. measure, citing
a last ditch-appeal to shoot down the non-binding resolution by U.S.
Security of State Hillary Clinton. The measure passed on a 23-22 vote.
Armenia wants Turkey to recognize the killings as genocide but Turkey
has said there was no systematic attempt to wipe out the Christian
Armenian people in 1915.