Turkish parliament speaker joins efforts for blocking H.Res.106October 8, 2007 - 17:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Turkish parliament yesterday warned the United States Congress that the bilateral relations could be seriously damaged if the Armenian Genocide Resolution is passed."If approved, it would be difficult to control the dynamics that would be triggered by the reaction of the Turkish public opinion," Koksal Toptan, the Turkish parliament speaker, said to his counterpart Nancy Pelosi in a letter he sent Sunday. Meanwhile, a delegation of six Turkish lawmakers will launch a new initiative this week in Washington D.C. in a move to lobby Congress members. "It will be the problem and the shame of the United States rather than of Turkey, if they make an historical mistake by passing this resolution despite our efforts," MP Egemen Bagıs said, the Turkish Daily News reported. Earlier, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan telephoned U.S. President Bush to oppose the H.Res.106. However, the U.S. Constitution bars the President from interfering into congressional affairs. Top stories 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". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |