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WHOSE CARDS ARE MORE PROBABLE TO WIN?

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Will the 106 Resolution on the Armenian Genocide Recognition be adopted by the United States House of Representatives? Despite the Turkish attempts to bring down the process, Vahagn Samvelyan, a student at the Cambridge University, is confident that the States will admit the historical truth this time. The leading universities at the USA are discussing the Resolution and its outcomes on Turkish-American economic cooperation.

“We received a delegation of Turkish diplomats recently. They consider that the Armenian-Turkish relations will deteriorate if the resolution is adopted”, said Vahagn Samvelyan. He considers the example of French recognition of the Genocide bill contagious, when the Turkish threatening policy failed.

“The scientists on Armenology at our University also consider that the possibility of recognizing the 106 Resolution is increasing, since the number of congressmen supporting the Armenian bill reached to 202, which is the overwhelming majority of the Congress”, said the student to “A1+”.

Khachik Matevosyan, an economist in Armenia, who follows these processes at the Congress, doesn’t share Vahagn Samvelyan’s opinion. “The Resolution will not be adopted by the Congress definitely. The US has been waiting for the Turkish precious cards for a year and since we have nothing better to offer, Turkish part will win”. Among the precious cards, Kachik Matevosyan mentioned the American military bases on the Turkish territory and the disposition of the territory to the States as a path to carry out military actions in Afghanistan, Iraq or Iran. “American authorities and interests are pro-Turkish and it is impossible to imagine independent and discrepant official bodies”, stated Khachik Matevosyan.

The 106 Resolution which is to be put to the vote in November was submitted to the House of Representatives on 30 January 2007. After the adoption of the Resolution, the US President will have to present and reflect on the issues referring to human rights, ethnic purges and, particularly to the Armenian Genocide, properly.