Xinhua General News Service, China
April 11, 2014 Friday 8:17 AM EST
Turkey denounces U.S. “Armenian genocide” resolution
ANKARA April 11
Turkey on Friday denounced an ” Armenian genocide” resolution which
has been passed at U.S. Senate ‘s Foreign Relations Committee on
Thursday.
In a statement on Friday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry urged the U.S.
Congress not to carry the resolution further at the legislative
agenda, warning that such a move could “harm bilateral relations”
between two countries.
The ministry called on the U.S. Congress to make efforts to reinforce
historical alliance and partnership between the United States and
Turkey which “has importance more than ever in current conjuncture.”
The U.S. Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee “exceeded its authority
and responsibility passing an unserious resolution that was prepared
hastily and verdantly,” said the Turkish foreign ministry.
An “Armenian genocide” resolution about incidents of 1915 has been
passed at the U.S. Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday.
Armenians claimed that over 1.5 million of their forebears were killed
in 1915 and 1916 by the army of Ottoman Empire in a bid of “genocide.”
Turkey argues that only 500,000 Armenians died in fighting and
starvation during World War I, and denies that was genocide.
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