U.S. Defense Secretary: Armenian Genocide resolution can damage
U.S.-Turkish relations
14.03.2010 17:19 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday
that the Armenian Genocide resolution can damage U.S.-Turkish
relations.
`We are hopeful that the Congress and the House of Representatives
will not advance the measure,’ Mr. Gates said in an interview with
al-Arabia TV channel.
`Turkey and Armenia are making progress toward a reconciliation,’ he
said.’The Protocols were drafted along those lines and the U.S.
supports this process.’
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs
approved the Armenian Genocide resolution with a vote 23 to 22 on
March 4. Turkey recalled its ambassador to the United States minutes
after the congressional panel decision.
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