ATAA addresses a letter to US President regarding Armenian Genocide resolution
Assembly of Turkish-American Associations (ATAA) has sent a letter to United States President Barack Obama requesting that Obama make a public statement to that Genocide resolution is not brought to the floor of the General Assembly of the House of Representatives.
"As a leading voice of over a half million proud Americans of Turkish heritage and many more Americans who support the US-Turkish model partnership, the Assembly of Turkish-American Associations (ATAA) urges that you continue to discourage a Congressional vote on House Resolution 252, which narrowly passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee by a vote of 23-22 on March 4, 2010," the ATAA said.
"That H.Res. 252 so narrowly passed out of HFAC indicates that Congress remains deeply divided on this measure and its underpinnings. By asking Chairman Berman not to promote the resolution, you have signalled your understanding that the resolution is misguided and incriminates a key ally, Turkey, and a key heritage community, the Turkish Americans. As has been demonstrated by the recall of the Turkish Ambassador, the mere commencement of a consideration of this matter by the US legislature is likely to severely disrupt US-Turkish relations, as well as derail the ratification of the Armenia-Turkey Protocols in which you have so wisely invested," the ATAA underlined.
"The United States and Turkey enjoy a model partnership, whose pillars include the fight against global terrorism, efforts for peace and stability in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, and the broader Balkans and Middle East, and democratic and economic development from Africa to Central Asia. The United States and Turkey are also important trade partners, as US exports to Turkey are more than 10 billion USD and create thousands of American jobs," the ATAA emphasized, The Anatolia News Agency reported.
"As a leading voice of over a half million proud Americans of Turkish heritage and many more Americans who support the US-Turkish model partnership, the Assembly of Turkish-American Associations (ATAA) urges that you continue to discourage a Congressional vote on House Resolution 252, which narrowly passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee by a vote of 23-22 on March 4, 2010," the ATAA said.
"That H.Res. 252 so narrowly passed out of HFAC indicates that Congress remains deeply divided on this measure and its underpinnings. By asking Chairman Berman not to promote the resolution, you have signalled your understanding that the resolution is misguided and incriminates a key ally, Turkey, and a key heritage community, the Turkish Americans. As has been demonstrated by the recall of the Turkish Ambassador, the mere commencement of a consideration of this matter by the US legislature is likely to severely disrupt US-Turkish relations, as well as derail the ratification of the Armenia-Turkey Protocols in which you have so wisely invested," the ATAA underlined.
"The United States and Turkey enjoy a model partnership, whose pillars include the fight against global terrorism, efforts for peace and stability in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, and the broader Balkans and Middle East, and democratic and economic development from Africa to Central Asia. The United States and Turkey are also important trade partners, as US exports to Turkey are more than 10 billion USD and create thousands of American jobs," the ATAA emphasized, The Anatolia News Agency reported.
