H.Res.106 will entail condemnation and recognition of Armenian Genocide in many states

PanARMENIAN.Net - "Actions held in Turkey are initiated by the Turkish Workers' Party led by Dogu Perincek, who is using the occasion to gain political weight. However, Turkey will face more serious trouble when the House of Representatives announces the date of vote on the Armenian Genocide Resolution. Presently, everything depends on Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who should choose a politically favorable date for the vote," Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies at the RA Academy of Sciences, Prof. Ruben Safrastyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.



Turkish government may take drastic steps if the House passes H.Res.106, according to him.



"Adoption of the resolution will have a stupendous effect. For the first time a power like the United States stands close to name mass killings in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 Genocide. The whole scope of the Turkish-American relations will be endangered. The Gul-Erdogan government will take up a foreign policy less dependent on the U.S. and tending to Middle East," he said.



As to Armenia's interests, Prof. Safrastyan said, adoption of the resolution will have a political importance. "Even though it's just "the opinion of the House", it will entail condemnation and recognition of the Armenian Genocide in many states. There is also another important circumstance - the world comes to know about the "Armenian factor" in politics with the aid of a superpower, the United States. This fact brings us political dividends," he underscored.