The Turkish delegation will reportedly meet with American congressmen and other officials to urge them to vote against the Armenian genocide resolution. The meetings are also intended to warn officials that US-Turkish relations will be damaged if the resolution passes.
The last such crisis over the House of Representatives voting on the “Armenian genocide” was in October 2007. Thanks to the Bush administration and the American-Turkish community, the resolution was taken off Congress’ agenda.
The resolution affirming “Armenian genocide” claims in the US Congress now has 138 co-sponsors, and many congressmen support the resolution. More than 30 states so far have already recognized the so-called Armenian genocide. Analysts argue that the resolution will greatly hurt the Turkish-Armenian protocols on normalization of relations and establishing diplomatic ties.
