Resolution calling on US President to encourage Turkey's acknowledgement of “armenian genocide” introduced to Senate

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15:45 | 05.04.2014

Resolution calling on US President to encourage Turkey's acknowledgement of “armenian genocide” introduced to Senate

U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez and Senator Mark Kirk have introduced a resolution calling on the US President Barack Obama to encourage a Turkish-Armenian relationship based on Turkey's acknowledgement of the “Armenian Genocide”, APA reports quoting Today’s Zaman.

APA reports that the draft resolution has been introduced both to the U.S. Senate and House of Representative. The co-authors of the document are Senators Barbara Boxer and Ed Markey. The Senators said that United States should finally join the European Union and 11 of our NATO allies in officially recognizing the Armenian Genocide.ANN.Az