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BBC: Obama’s Administration to block Armenian Genocide resolution
The Obama administration has said it will seek to block a
controversial bill describing as genocide the World War I killing of
Armenians by Turks, BBC reported.
A congressional panel on Thursday approved the resolution, paving the
way for a possible vote by the House.
But US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the administration
would "work very hard" to prevent this.
Panorama.am recalls that Turkey has traditionally rejected the mass
killings of 1,5 million Armenians carried out early in the 20th
century and took the criticism of the West painfully. The Armenian
Genocide has been recognized by lots of states. It was first
recognized by Uruguay in 1965. Later Russia, France, Italy, the
Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden,
Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina and
the US 42 states did the same. The Armenian Genocide has been
recognized also by Vatican, the Council of Europe, the World Council
of Churches.
Source: Panorama.am