Turkey praises US house decision over Armenia bill

U.S. lawmakers decided not to take up the resolution on the Armenian allegations.

Thursday, 23 December 2010

Turkish Ambassador in Washington, D.C. Namik Tan has said that the U.S. House of Representatives did not put the resolution on the Armenian allegations regarding the incidents of 1915 on its agenda, which was a right decision on a problematic issue.

U.S. lawmakers decided not to take up the resolution on the Armenian allegations on Wednesday.

Tan said, "I thank all our American friends and the Turkish-American community for their relentless efforts to oppose H. Res. 252."

"I am happy that reason and common sense have prevailed," he said.

Tan said that Turkey and the United States which had been friends for years would keep working together for global peace, prosperity and stability. "For the future, we have to concentrate our efforts on strengthening the longstanding and time-tested Turkish-American strategic partnership," he said.

Source: World Bulletin.
Link: http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=67710.