Turkish MP: Use of invented facts for political purposes is incorrect

It is wrong to use the fictional facts for political purposes, so the adoption of a resolution recognizing the so-called "Armenian genocide" is a wrong step of the U.S. Congress towards such an important ally like Turkey, Turkish MP and Azerbaijan-Turkey Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group Co-chair Mustafa Kabakci believes.

U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Thursday adopted 23 votes to 22 a resolution recognizing the so-called "Armenian genocide".

Armenia claims that the Ottoman Empire committed genocide against Armenians living in Anatolia in 1915.  Making greater efforts to promote the issue internationally, Armenians have achieved its recognition by parliaments of some countries.

"This decision [adoption of the resolution] does not matter for Turkey, as the U.S Congress and historians do not have any official documents that would prove that the 1915 events were genocide," he told Trend News over the telephone.

The problem of the "Armenian genocide" should be solved not by politicians, but by the study of historical sources, he said.

Kabakchi regarded as wrong use of fictional facts for political purposes, given that the Turkish policy is not dependent on external pressure.

"The U.S Congress and the government should understand that Turkey has already passed the stage when its policy was dictated by the pressure of external forces and other countries" the MP said.

Prior to discussions, the U.S. President Barack Obama advised Congress not to adopt resolution on genocide.

Meanwhile the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a telephone conversation with the chairman of the committee on foreign affairs of the U.S. Congress said that the adoption of resolution jeopardizes the Armenian-Turkish protocols.

Turkish MPs following the process of discussing the resolution, called the Committee's decision "a blow to the U.S-Turkish relations, adding that Turkey, after such a decision may waive the protocols signed with Armenia or amend them, as the Armenian Constitutional Court did.

The U.S-Turkish relations have reached a higher level, and the U.S. should not risk the progress made in resolving the Armenian-Turkish relations, considering the matter, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said March 4.

Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers Ahmet Davutoglu and Edward Nalbandian signed the Ankara-Yerevan protocols in Zurich Oct. 10.

Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey have been broken due to Armenia's claims of an alleged genocide, and its occupation of Azerbaijani lands. The border between them has been broken since 1993.


/Trend News/