Eurasia Insight:
AZERI FOREIGN MINISTRY CRITICIZES US RESOLUTION ON ARMENIAN "GENOCIDE"
10/12/07
A EurasiaNet Partner Post from BBC Monitoring

Excerpt from report by Azerbaijani news agency Trend

11 October: The adoption by the [US] House Committee on Foreign Affairs of a resolution recognizing the "Armenian genocide" with 27 votes "for" and 21 votes "against" is an incorrect decision, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Xazar Ibrahim said on Thursday [11 October].

The Committee on Foreign Affairs of [the House of Representatives of] the US Congress on Wednesday adopted by a majority of votes a resolution recognizing the "Armenian genocide".

[passage omitted: details of the resolution; Turkish reaction]

Ibrahim said that the congressmen acted not only in the interests of the state but also in their own personal political interests. "Certainly, the adoption of this decision is a result of the influence of and pressure from the Armenian lobby. Therefore, these kinds of decisions will not have a positive impact on US national interests," he said.

[passage omitted: background on the resolution]

Editor’s Note: Source: Trend news agency, Baku, in Russian 0750 gmt 11 Oct 07