Rice and Gates called on Pelosi not to put H.Res.106 on vote

October 13, 2007 - 16:01 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a request to refrain from allowing the Armenian Genocide resolution to reach the House floor for a vote.



"This House resolution could harm American troops in the field, constrain our ability to supply our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and significantly damage our efforts to promote reconciliation between Armenia and Turkey at a key turning point in their relations," said Rice and Gates in the letter, Yerkir reports.



Meanwhile, the Pentagon is searching for alternative ways for supplying its troops in Iraq if Turkey restricts U.S. use of Incirlic base. U.S. military can be deployed in Jordan and Kuwait.



As to the harm the resolution can do to the Armenia-Turkey relations, RA President Robert Kocharian said in Brussels, "it's impossible to damage relations which do not exist."
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