"Turkish PM welcomes delayed vote on US House Armenian genocide resolution
Jaime Jansen at 8:22 AM ET
[JURIST] Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan [BBC profile] said Monday that he views a decision by US lawmakers to postpone debate [JURIST report] on a resolution [HR 106 materials; text] labeling as genocide the World War I-era killings of over one million Armenians by Turkish soldiers [ANCA backgrounder] with 'cautious optimism.' Erdogan commented Monday after talks with US President George W. Bush, thanking the Bush administration and House members who opposed the bill. Turkey has long objected [JURIST comment] to any attempts to classify the 1915 Armenian killings as genocide. Several other countries - including France, Canada and Argentina - have nonetheless passed laws or resolutions [BBC backgrounder] to that effect."
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