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TURKEY WELCOMES U.S. STANCE ON ARMENIAN RESOLUTION
People's Daily Online
Dec 24 2010
China
Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Thursday welcomed the U.S. stance by
executives who prevented the resolution on the Armenian allegations
regarding the incidents of 1915 from being included in the official
daily agenda of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Gul said at a press conference in Istanbul, "the U.S. administration,
mainly President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
did their best on the matter. We appreciate them."
"Thus, they have prevented Turkish-U.S. relations from being captured
by a totally irrelative issue," the Turkish president added.
Gul said, "it is very clear how much importance both we and President
Obama attach to Turkish-U.S. relations. We are in close cooperation
on important issues concerning the region and the world."
Earlier in the day, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said
Turkey was pleased that a bill recognizing the Armenian genocide had
not been brought up in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday.
The resolution "H. Res. 252" -- labeling the 1915 incidents, which took
place shortly before the fall of the Ottoman Empire, as genocide --
was approved by the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. House of
Representatives by a vote of 23 against 22 last March.
The adoption of the resolution caused wide reaction in Turkey,
including recall of its ambassador to U.S., who returned to Washington
D.C. a month later.
From: A. Papazian
People's Daily Online
Dec 24 2010
China
Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Thursday welcomed the U.S. stance by
executives who prevented the resolution on the Armenian allegations
regarding the incidents of 1915 from being included in the official
daily agenda of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Gul said at a press conference in Istanbul, "the U.S. administration,
mainly President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
did their best on the matter. We appreciate them."
"Thus, they have prevented Turkish-U.S. relations from being captured
by a totally irrelative issue," the Turkish president added.
Gul said, "it is very clear how much importance both we and President
Obama attach to Turkish-U.S. relations. We are in close cooperation
on important issues concerning the region and the world."
Earlier in the day, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said
Turkey was pleased that a bill recognizing the Armenian genocide had
not been brought up in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday.
The resolution "H. Res. 252" -- labeling the 1915 incidents, which took
place shortly before the fall of the Ottoman Empire, as genocide --
was approved by the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. House of
Representatives by a vote of 23 against 22 last March.
The adoption of the resolution caused wide reaction in Turkey,
including recall of its ambassador to U.S., who returned to Washington
D.C. a month later.
From: A. Papazian