“The resolution would be adopted, if…”
The Armenian Genocide Draft Resolution 252 was not included in the agenda of the plenary session of the U.S. House of Representatives. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denied putting the resolution up for a vote in the current Congress, despite the fact that she had said the opposite earlier. The House has adjourned.
Head of the ARF Bureau for the Armenian Cause and Political Affairs Kiro Manoyan says the Resolution was not included in the agenda because Nancy Pelosi was dishonest to the Armenian community and the Armenian National Committee.
"Our interpretations and conclusions can be different, but it is clear that Pelosi was dishonest. Of course, there were political motives, but by saying dishonest, I mean that Nancy Pelosi promised the Armenian community to put the resolution up for a vote and told the community that she wasn't going to do so at the last minute," Manoyan told "A1+".
Kiro Manoyan says there were necessary votes for positive results and the Armenian National Committee and the Armenian community put in all their efforts until the last minute.
2011 will not be a year of changes
Head of the ARF Bureau for the Armenian Cause and Political Affairs Kiro Manoyan summed up the passing year.
Manoyan said there has not been any progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution due to Azerbaijan's negative position.
In terms of Armenian-Turkish relations, Kiro Manoyan mentioned that Ankara continued to link its relations with Armenia with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"I think that is another reason for Armenia to call back its signature on the Protocols and deprive Turkey of participation in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process," said Manoyan.
Manoyan didn't foresee a year of changes in 2011.
According to him, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs will continue to be more active in order to exclude the possible restart of a war. "However, there are no grounds for progress because Azerbaijan never wants to see the NKR out of its territory," said Manoyan.
It's something to think about
Kiro Manoyan also commented on the "Agreement on strategic partnership and mutual assistance between Azerbaijan and Turkey" established by the Azeri Mili Mejlis. The Presidents of Turkey and Azerbaijan signed the agreement on August 16 and, according to Manoyan, that was not merely a show and gives us something to think about.
"If we're talking about Turkey's support in all directions, it is not excluded that if necessary, Turkey will launch military operations against Armenia. This will lead to regional instability and the process will engage Russia and the CSTO. I don't think we'll get to that and this agreement was simply a counter-balance to the Armenian-Russian agreement on the presence of military bases," said Kiro Manoyan
