US CONGRESS PASSING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION TO ADD FUEL TO FIRE OF ANTI-AMERICAN AND NATIONALIST MOODS IN TURKEYMarch 10, 2005 - 08:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of the Project for Transitional Democracies Bruce Jackson has stated that the US should discuss issues with Turkey relating to the Armenian Genocide in 1915. «The fact that mentioning of the campaign of the Armenian Genocide committed by the official Ottoman authorities cause resentment of Turkish officials does not at all mean that historical issues should not be discussed by democratic partners,» he stated. Bruce Jackson also noted that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan «has refused from talks with Armenia over lifting of the blockade of the Armenian border, thus creating an obstacle on the way of peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.» «In spite of the confirmation of the European fate of Turkey, it is evident that the crisis of the national and geo-political identity in Turkey is far from its completion,» he emphasized. In his turn Director of Energy and International Security Programs of the Nixon Center Zeyno Baran noted that «taking into account the opinion spread in Turkey that the US holds an anti-Turkish campaign, the US Congress passing «an Armenian Resolution» this year might cause destructive consequences.» «Such a resolution will add fuel to the fire of anti-American and nationalist moods in Turkey and will have a negative impact on the establishment of Armenian-Turkish relations,» she noted. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |