Chairman of the Turkish group at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Vahit Erdem denounced the Armenian Genocide bill submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives, saying, "it lacks any legal and scientific base." "Genocide allegations devised by the Armenian propaganda is being used as a political leverage against Turkey," Erdem said. He said, Turkey will exert intense efforts to end what he called "the wrong course of affairs". Republic of Turkey will never consent to this injustice," Erdem stated.