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  • ANKARA: Armenian Lobby Attempts Border Re-Opening

    Zaman Online, Turkey
    July 4 2005

    Armenian Lobby Attempts Border Re-Opening
    By Anadolu News Agency (aa)
    Published: Monday July 04, 2005
    zaman.com


    The Armenian lobby submitted a new bill targeting Turkey to the US
    House of Representatives.

    The draft developed by Adam Schiff asks Washington to pressure Turkey
    to re-open the Turkey-Armenian border gate. Democrat Party member,
    Schiff, one of the leaders of the Armenian lobby, claims in the
    document that keeping the border gate closed violates international
    standards and increases cost of transporting goods to Armenia by
    30-35 percent. The new bill, which has been submitted to the
    International Relations committee at the House of Representatives,
    demands the US make an announcement regarding taking certain measures
    for the re-opening of the border gate by the US Secretary of State
    within 30 days. "It is time that the US placed pressure on Turkey to
    elimination the embargo that Turkey imposes on Armenia," Schiff said.
    Another leader of the Armenian lobby from the Democrat Party Frank
    Pallone told in a statement: "President George W. Bush and the
    Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cannot let Turkey impose an
    embargo on Armenia without voicing their opposition and concerns."

    Schiff said Republican Committee President Henry Hyde promised to
    discuss the bill in a sub-committee this month. The Armenian lobby
    group at the US Congress had submitted another draft concerning the
    recognition of the so-called Armenian genocide to the House of
    Representatives on June 14.
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