  Turkish authorities attempt to prevent U.S. passage of Genocide resolution March 25, 2015 - 17:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Parliament Speaker Jemil Cicek arrived Tuesday, March 24 in Washington in a bid to prevent passage by U.S. lawmakers of a resolution condemning Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, ARKA said citing Hurriyet. The draft resolution was proposed last week by four Republican and Democrat congressmen, who believe the resolution, if adopted, would improve relations between Armenia and the United States through admission of the fact of the Genocide by Turkey. The resolution is supported by 46 congressmen. Attempts to pass similar resolutions in the Congress have repeatedly failed before. Cicek met with Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John Boehner and other congressmen. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavushoglu is expected to travel to the United States in April, RIA Novosti reports.   Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Topics Latest news Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates  Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan.Armenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. |
