"Embassy Row
By James Morrison
January 3, 2006
Pressure on Turkey
Sixty members of Congress are urging Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to pressure Turkey into withdrawing troops from Cyprus, ending its blockade of Armenia and recognizing the Armenian 'genocide' of 1915.
They also urged her to oppose further congressional visits to the Turkish-Cypriot side of the island, which is diplomatically recognized only by Turkey. Three members of the House visited the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus last year, after Turkish-Cypriots supported a reunification plan proposed by the United Nations. Greek-Cypriots rejected the plan. "
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