Both President Obama and I have made clear, both last year and again this year, that we do not believe any action by the Congress is appropriate, and we oppose it, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, commenting on recent passage of Armenian Genocide resolution at US House Foreign Affairs Committee.

“When President Obama took office and I became Secretary of State, we determined that the process undertaken by the Swiss in bringing the Turkish and Armenian governments together was a very worthy one that we intended to support, and we have done so.

I was personally in Zurich at the time that the protocols for the normalization of relationship between the two countries were signed. We think that is the appropriate way to manage the problems that have stood in the way of normalization between the two countries.

Within the protocols, there was an agreed-upon approach to establishing a historical commission to look at events in the past. I do not think it is for any other country to determine how two countries resolve matters between them, to the extent that actions that the United States might take could disrupt this process. Therefore, both President Obama and I have made clear, both last year and again this year, that we do not believe any action by the Congress is appropriate, and we oppose it.

Now, the committee that you referred to has voted out such a resolution, I think three times in the past. They're likely to vote it out again. But we do not believe that the full Congress will or should act upon that resolution, and we have made that clear to all the parties involved,” Hillary Clinton stated.

On March 4, US House Foreign Affairs Committee's passed a resolution recognizing and commemorating the Armenian Genocide. The resolution was passed by a vote of 23-22.