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Turkey hopes U.S. Congress not to adopt resolution on recognizing Genocide
01.02.2007 18:31 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ US-Turkey ties again face test as the Armenian
Genocide’ resolution occurs in the Congress, Today’s Zaman
reports. The resolution puts Turkish-US relations to a new test after
tension over Iraq throughout the past several years. Turkish officials
have repeatedly warned that relations would suffer irreparable damage
if the resolution is passed. `We hope the resolution will never be
brought before the president. Even in this case, we hope the United
States will not show weakness in the face of Armenian Diaspora
efforts,’ said Faruk Çelik, a deputy from the ruling Justice and
Development Party. `Otherwise, Turkish-US ties will be seriously
affected,’ he said.
In his part, Inal Batu, a lawmaker from the opposition Republican
People’s Party, admitted that prospects were much stronger for passage
of the resolution as compared to the past. `Armenians are closer than
ever to success,’ he told Today’s Zaman. `But I still believe that the
United States will not alienate its strategic partner.’
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