"Turkey fighting genocide vote A nonbinding House resolution on the Armenian Genocide of 1915-23 would severely strain U.S.-Turkey relations, Turkey's ambassador warned.
BY MICHAEL DOYLE
mdoyle@mcclatchydc.com
WASHINGTON --
Approval of an Armenian genocide resolution by the House of Representatives would have ''very, very unfortunate'' consequences for U.S.-Turkish relations, Turkish Ambassador Nabi Sensoy warned Friday.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee will consider the diplomatically charged resolution Wednesday. In an interview, Sensoy said ''we are deploying all the efforts that we can'' to defeat the nonbinding measure, which he thinks could unravel a strategic alliance."
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