A delegation in the leadership of President of Turkey-US Parliamentary Friendship Group Suat Kinikoglu will lobby against so called Armenian genocide resolution which is scheduled to be voted by Committee of Foreign Affairs in U.S. House of Representatives on March 4. Suat Kinikoglu stressed that the timing of the genocide resolution is wrong and baseless and said that government, opposition parties, non-governmental organizations and Turkish community in US act in unity in this issue.”
Members of Turkish Grand National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee and the Turkish-American Parliamentary Friendship Group are expected to be in Washington on Monday to lobby against so called Armenian genocide resolution before the discussion of the resolution in the House.
Making a statement related to the visit of the delegation to Washington, Justice of Development Party’s Vice President for foreign relations Suat Kinikoglu said that bringing the resolution on the agenda of U.S. Congress while the process between Turkey and Armenia continues, is unfortunate and is due to lack of foresight.
Stating that they will stress the strategic relations between Turkey and United States, Kinikoglu said, “Armenian diaspora tried the same in 2007 and they could not achieve anything. The resolution had passed from the Foreign Affairs Committee but it was not introduced to General Assembly. We are aiming to prevent passage of the resolution in the Foreign Affairs Committee this year. If that can’t be done, we will prevent it to be brought on the agenda of General Assembly.”
Kinikoglu said, “When you consider the recent level that Turkish-American relations have reached, you understand that the timing of the resolution is absurd and baseless. Hopefully we will prevent this harmful resolution with success. The government, opposition parties, non-governmental organizations and Turkish community in US are all acting in unity in this issue.”
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