SECOND GROUP OF LAWMAKERS STARTS LOBBYING IN US
Turkish Daily News, Turkey
March 12 2007
A second group of Turkish legislators started a visit to Washington
yesterday to lobby members of the U.S. Congress against a resolution
recognizing the killings of Armenians during World War I as genocide.
Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputies Egemen Baðýþ,
also a foreign policy advisor to the Turkish prime minister, and
Reha Denemec will today join the group made up of AKP deputy Vahit
Erdem, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputies Ersin
Arýoðlu and Bihlun Tamaylýgil. The deputies are scheduled today to
meet Turkish Ambassador in Washington Nabi Þensoy. On Tuesday, they
will participate in a meeting of the Turkish-American Council and
have talks with the members of the Jewish organizations in the United
States. On Thursday they will have contacts with the members of the
U.S. Congress and the next day they are expected to return to Turkey.
The first of the planned three separate delegations, including
members of both the AKP and the CHP, started a visit to Washington
in late February to seek support against the resolution, expected to
be debated at the House of Representatives soon. The third delegation
plans to lobby in Washington next month.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress