Признания Геноцида в 2007 году

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Изучением массового захоронения в Турции займется международная экспедиция

Изучением обнаруженного в октябре 2006 года в турецком районе Нусайбин массового захоронения займется международная экспедиция.

Шведский историк Дэвид Гаунт уверен, что захоронение - это могила убитых по приказу одного из главарей младотурок армян и ассирийцев. Турецкие власти не провели никакого расследования, журналистам даже не позволили подходить к могиле и проводить съемки. В связи с этим вопросом депутат шведской партии левых Ганс Динден направил запрос в парламент Швеции. В ответ турецкие власти по обыкновению перешли в контрнаступление. Председатель научно-исторической ассоциации Юсуф Халаджоглы предложил провести совместные раскопки захоронения. Профессор Дэвид Гаунт согласился с этим предложением, но потребовал полной свободы в процессе работы. Он также пожелал переговорить с теми, кто хоть что-то знает о массовом захоронении. Халаджоглы в свою очередь заявил, что, если выясниться, что в могиле действительно захоронены армяне или ассирийцы, он публично принесет извинения, в противном случае, ожидает того же от профессора Гаунта. Об этом сообщает телеканал "Еркир Медиа".

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Глава Генштаба ВС Турции намерен продемонстрировать США жесткую позицию по вопросу Геноцида Армян

Вслед за министром иностранных дел Турции Абдуллой Гюлем в США отправился с визитом и начальник Генерального штаба, генерал армии Яшар Бейюканыт, цель визита которого продемонстрировать жесткую позицию по вопросу признания Геноцида армян. Как сообщает АПА, во время встреч в Пентагоне и с вице-президентом Ричардом Чейни представитель Турции выразит обеспокоенность страны попытками актуализации в Конгрессе этого законопроекта.

Согласно источнику, с целью добиться отказа от обсуждения в Конгрессе США проекта резолюции о признании Геноцида армян, до апреля Вашингтон посетят три парламентские делегации Турции. Агентство со ссылкой на дипломатические источники сообщает также, что различные организации Турции разработали совместный "план против геноцида армян": любая страна, которая примет решение о признании геноцида, столкнется с противодействием со стороны Турции. Напомним, что компаниям стран, признавшим Геноцид армян, не разрешается участвовать в крупномасштабных тендерах в Турции, межпарламентские встречи откладываются на неопределенный срок и т.д.

Отметим, что армянское лобби готовится также предоставить аналогичный законопроект верхней палате. Проармянские конгрессмены Френк Паллоне и Джо Нолленберг направили письмо председателю Комитета международных связей Палаты представителей Тому Лантозе, в котором отметили недопустимость шантажа в отношении США со стороны Турции. По их словам, Анкара угрожает Вашингтону прекратить поставки оружия, топлива и продовольствия для американской армии в Ираке с турецкой территории.

Напомним, что министр иностранных дел Турции Абдулла Гюль с 4 по 9 февраля находился с официальным визитом в Вашингтоне с целью убедить власти США не принимать резолюции о признании Геноцида армян, внесенной накануне в Палату представителей Конгресса США. Отметим также, что спикер Палаты представителей Конгресса США Нэнси Пелоси отказалась встретиться с министром иностранных дел Турции, ссылаясь на отсутствие времени. В ходе встречи с Госсекретарем США Кондолизой Райс глава МИД Турции заявил, что ее принятие "не является политическим вопросом", но "может стать угрозой" для турецко-американских отношений. В то же время официальный представитель Госдепартамента США Шон МакКормак заявил, что Конгресс США - независимая структура, но власти США могут донести до членов Конгресса мнение правительства Турции по этому вопросу.

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‘Armenian genocide’ as the Zildjian Secret Alloy

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

The upcoming ‘genocide bill’ will be similar to the Zildjian secret alloy: It will be made in the United Stated under an Armenian name and its resonance will be essentially felt in Turkey.

GÖKHAN YÜCEL

As the saying goes: “Good wine needs no brush.” It is hard to ignore the fact that neither diplomacy nor the myth of strategic alliance has managed to prevent the “Affirmation of the U.S. Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution” from hitting an all-time high. The supporters of the long-established U.S.-Turkish amity, as well as the arms companies, are wringing their hands, while the “genocide bill” campaigners have already started to celebrate victory. Upon his return from last week's visit to Washington, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül brought back to Ankara the echoes of these cheering voices from the United States for further discussion. In Turkey Gül found a disappointed public opinion that had learnt how his request for a meeting had been rejected by Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives and the acting figurehead of the “pro-Armenian” league. This threw cold water in the face of the government's optimistic hopes of somehow escaping the “genocide” crisis.

The new iron lady:

Pelosi's pledge to accomplish the recognition of the “genocide” confirms the suspected image of an uncompromising iron lady. Here, one should understand her role well. Since 1987 she has been the representative from the eighth district of California, where the Armenian population is dense. She is also an active member of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues. This body consists of the co-sponsors of the legislative motion that was introduced in the House of Representatives by long-time Armenian issues supporters Adam Schiff (D-CA), George Radanovich (R-CA) and Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues Co-Chairmen Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) and Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), together with Congressmen Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI). Thus far 160 lawmakers have joined the caucus – 102 Democrats and 58 Republicans out of the 435 U.S. House members.

Now Pelosi and her colleagues back the incorporation of historically, politically and legally binding provisions into the 10-page resolution. The euphoria in the diaspora was suddenly very apparent. On Armenian diaspora Internet forums in the United States the approval of the bill is being cited as a major step leading toward the answering of Armenian demands for financial retribution.

Deciphering the code:

Therefore, we must carefully decipher Section 3, declaration of policy in the proposed resolution. It reads as follows:

The House of Representatives:

1 – Calls upon the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide and the consequences of the failure to realize a just resolution; and

2 – Calls upon the President in the President's annual message commemorating the Armenian Genocide issued on or about April 24, to accurately characterize the systematic and deliberate annihilation of 1,500,000 Armenians as genocide and to recall the proud history of United States intervention in opposition to the Armenian Genocide.

Given the negative mood, the officials in our capital should remain calm for the time being, though they must be ready for every emergency. Well not an easy task, is it? Gül's visit proved once more that what follows is a race against time, not a matter of affirming or denying whether the “genocide” in fact happened. The coming days appear to herald a period of effective lobbying in the pro-amity and pro-recognition circles in which the final decision, “yes or no,” is currently being shaped. It is a battle of those who widely whisper that U.S.-Turkey relations are at stake and those who do not care much about it. But the resolution stipulates, “to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity relating to the Armenian Genocide.” This indicates an evident clash with the doctrine of Turkish foreign policy.

In the Turkish Daily News we have read two recent accounts by Eyüp Can and Burak Bekdil pointing out related arguments. They both drew attention to the urgent need for an action plan regarding the policy implications of the resolution. Can listened to his personal contacts in the American-Jewish community, which urged clearly “either do something or be ready to face the consequences.” Bekdil's insightful article showed what was likely to occur if the existing modus vivendi between the United States and Turkey concerning the “genocide bill” is damaged. He rightfully asserted that “a U.S. seal of approval” is pregnant with various imperative repercussions. Well said.

A self-imposed embargo? Should the resolution passes, the Turkish military will have to consider the boycott of U.S. weapons, in accordance with their previous behavior after the adoption of the controversial law introducing imprisonment and monetary fines to anyone denying the “genocide” in France. In a way Turkey's anticipated policy response might be read as a self-imposed embargo. History will then repeat itself, since the consequences of the U.S. arms embargo from 1975 to 1978 are now evoked as inescapable.

But is Turkey ready to pay this cost on the eve of critical developments in northern Iraq? Can Turkey afford to turn her back on the United States amid an effort to play a new and more dynamic political role in the Middle East? Can these projects be viable with a U.S.-free foreign and defense policy? To what extent will the membership talks with the European Union be affected? What exactly would a U.S.-less context mean for the general elections in November and hence future political stability? Likewise, what does the U.S. administration have in mind?

The Zildjian secret alloy:

The abovementioned dilemma that Turkey faces is caused by a resolution similar to the Zildjian secret alloy. The Zildjian family started a journey from Istanbul to the United States at the start of the 20th century. They were descendents of a 17th century Istanbul-born alchemist. His attempts to create gold by combining base metals led instead to a copper, tin and silver alloy then used to produce cymbals with unique sound qualities. The sound of the instruments was extraordinary. It is renowned as the Zildjian secret alloy.

What is special about the Zildjian cymbals is that they bear the labels “Made in the U.S.” and “Turkish cymbals” and that they are manufactured under an Armenian name. Strikingly, the impending resolution will be decided by the components of this very same alloy: It will be made in the United Stated under an Armenian name and its resonance will be essentially felt in Turkey.

Gökhan Yücel is a Ph.D. candidate reading politics at Oxford University and an occasional contributor to the TDN.

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Pentagon and the CIA on the move for the bill

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

This bill will mean that Turkey is disgraced and that this is made a fact by the world’s only super power. We must prevent our grandchildren from suffering such a shame

MEHMET ALI BIRAND

Our agenda next week will be dominated by the Armenian genocide bill in the U.S. Congress.

Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül has concluded his meetings. Now Chief of General Staff Gen. Yaşar Büyükanıt is in Washington. The foreign minister has warned the Bush administration with a combination of persuasion and threat. Büyükanıt, on the other hand, will activate the military authorities. Furthermore, as per their demand, he will be meeting with Vice-President Dick Cheney and one of the most prominent figures of the House of Representatives, Tom Lantos.

Turkey is playing the “security” card against the Armenian genocide bill.

Turkey is contributing to the NATO force in Afghanistan by sending soldiers…

It also reinforces the NATO force in Kosovo …

Along with the United States, it plays a substantial role in the Caucasus (especially in the Armenian-Georgian-Azerbaijani triangle)…

It acts in conjunction with the United States on Israel's security issues and the dialogue with Palestinians…

In the Iranian dispute, it actively participates in the communication between Iran and the United States and the European Union and acts as an unofficial moderator…

It acts as an “intermediary station” on the petroleum route to satisfy Western Europe's need…

It gives considerable support to the United States in Iraq.

Both Gül and Büyükanıt put this list in front of the U.S. administrators and asked:

“…What good will it do to risk such a vital collaboration, such a profound relationship just to satisfy a couple of thousand Armenians?”

It is really a hard choice.

It has been engraved in the American public's conscience that Armenians have endured genocide, that even though the Ottomans are responsible, Turkey, if only as heir to the Ottomans, should at least apologize. The bill is seen both as a duty towards this conscience and as a potential benefit for votes in the political arena.

On the other hand, there is the concern over damaging relations with Turkey.

The Bush administration plans to prevent this bill, which it regards as against its security interests, with its security staff's presentation in the Congress. The statement “I will get the generals by my side and go to Congress” by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the request for a meeting by Vice-President Cheney to Büyükanıt are seen as considerable steps in that direction.

Other important developments of the past week were reports full of warnings by both the CIA and the Pentagon sent to Congress. This is interpreted as meaning “the button has been pushed.”

Büyükanıt's meetings in Washington this week are seen as essential in this respect.

Should the bill pass, Ankara's response and how this will affect the military relations are among the most speculated questions.

Will all this campaigning suffice to prevent the bill?

The Jewish lobby should use its influence:

Another segment that Ankara has been monitoring closely is the powerful Jewish lobby in Washington.

Drawing attention to Turkey's direct and indirect support to Israel's security, Turkish authorities say “We cannot accept our Jewish friends' watching the developments from afar. They need to use their influence.” Saying, “If the Jewish lobby does not oppose the Armenian genocide bill, they should not expect the same support from us,” a high-level government official who closely observes the process in Washington indicated that Büyükanıt will repeat this message during his Washington meetings.

This subject will be the backbone of Büyükanıt's meeting with the Jewish-American member of the House of Representatives Tom Lantos. Lantos usually supports Turkey. On the other hand, he showed great reaction against the invitation of Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal to Ankara and his doubts about the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government have increased due to this. The questions Lantos will be asking Büyükanıt and the answers he will be getting will be watched closely.

What will we do if the bill passes?:

The number of questions has increased lately. The question I encounter the most is this: “What will happen if the U.S. Congress accepts the Armenian genocide bill? What will we lose? Will they convince us to pay compensation or will they force us to give land?”

According to the bill, the U.S. government will identify the events of 1915 as “genocide.” However, even in this case Turkey will not be asked to give remuneration or give up territory. The reason for this is that all claims of land owed by or due to the Ottoman Empire were either concluded with the Lausanne Treaty or mutually dropped.

Then why do we make such a fuss about it?

Leave the U.S. Congress do whatever they want.

Not so fast…

This bill, even if it passes the House of Representatives and remains out of date or if it passes at the Senate to be made into law, will mean that Turkey is disgraced and that this is made a fact by the world's only super power. We must prevent our grandchildren from suffering such a shame. But we must also know well what awaits us at the end of the road.

Let us not forget that the passing of the bill will not mean the end of the world and that the Turkish-U.S. relations will survive under all conditions.

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Турция похоже задействовала все свои резервы.

1. Шантажирует вопросами безопасности и своей стратегической роли в регионе

2. Шантажирует еврейское лобби, чтоб то не осталось в стороне

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Büyükanıt warns separatists, Iraqi Kurds and 'regime change seekers'

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Erdoğan's civilian gov't also target of top military commander's veiled criticism

ÜMİT ENGINSOY

WASHINGTON - Turkish Daily News

Top military commander Gen. Yasar Büyükanıt underlined during a visit here the Turkish Armed Forces' resolve to protect Turkey's territorial integrity, unitary system and secular structure in tough remarks targeting separatist Kurds in the country, Iraqi Kurdish leaders and those who "seek to change the regime."

Addressing the Washington area's Turkish community at a reception on Tuesday night, Büyükanıt's remarks were also were viewed as a veiled criticism of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's civilian government, which the military often blames for seeking to undermine the secular regime.

Chief of General Staff Büyükanıt is here for talks with some top U.S. officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney and Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace, and his speech at the Turkish Embassy focused on the internal and external threats Turkey was facing.

"The Turkish Republic has never faced worse risks, threats and troubles since its creation in 1923," Büyükanıt told an enthusiastic audience of a few hundred American Turks and Turkish expatriates who frequently interrupted his remarks with applause and supportive slogans.

He recounted an internal problem of separatist terrorism, the Iraq issue, including the possibility of that country's disintegration, Cyprus and potential risks in Iran and the Caucasus as the threats confronting Turkey.

But repeatedly referring to how Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, fought and overcame worse troubles while creating the Turkish Republic more than 80 years ago, Büyükanıt urged the Turkish people not to lose hope, saying that the military was determined to protect the country.

"As long as the dynamic forces (the military) protecting Turkey remain in place, no one can divide Turkey. Those who have such dreams will only wake up with the worst of nightmares," he said.

His remarks clearly targeted the separatist terrorist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and its supporters inside and outside Turkey, whom Büyükanıt did not specifically name.

But his warnings also extended to Iraqi Kurdish leaders, accused by the Turkish military of attempting to create an independent Kurdish state neighboring Turkey and of aiding the PKK. "The terrorism problem in northern Iraq, the terrorism problem in Turkey and the issue of Iraq's territorial integrity cannot be separated from each other," Büyükanıt said. The PKK operates from bases in Iraqi Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq.

"No one and no institution will ever be able to take Turkey out of its constitutional regime," Büyükanıt added. "Turkey is a democratic, secular, social and unitary state. There is no and there will be no power that can take Turkey out of this system." These remarks particularly reiterated the military's sensitivity on secularism.

In a reference to an Armenian genocide resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives, he said, "We will be hurt and disturbed if this passes," but declined to specify potential measures of retaliation in the event of the resolution's approval.

"I don't want to get into the polemics of 'what we will do if you do this.' ... But I believe that those Americans with common sense will decline to hurt Turkey," Büyükanıt said. These remarks also were seen as criticism of Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül, who repeatedly and explicitly emphasized during a visit here last week that the resolution's passage would poison U.S.-Turkish ties and cooperation in a lasting way.

Analysts suggested that Büyükanıt's statement was milder than Gül's remarks on the potential repercussions of the resolution's approval. He is expected to speak on the matter more after his talks here, at a news conference scheduled for Friday.

Büyükanıt also criticized some pro-government publications that had qualified his previous visit to Washington as Land Forces commander in December 2005 as "an effort to win U.S. approval."

"We do not need any such approval. Whose approval did Atatürk need when he created the Turkish Republic? Only the Turkish people's. And we also only get the Turkish people's approval," he said.

Büyükanıt's Washington speech came as Turkey is gearing up for presidential elections in the spring and nationwide legislative polls in November.

Political analysts suggest that Erdoğan may seek to become head of state and the military is believed to be against his presidency.

At a Turkish politics event at the Brookings Institution, a think tank here, earlier on Tuesday, Fehmi Koru, a major columnist for the pro-government daily Yeni Şafak, said he thought Erdoğan might announce his presidential candidacy soon.

Büyükanıt was meeting on Wednesday with Cheney, the U.S. president's National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley. He will hold talks with key Pentagon officials today. Those talks were expected to focus on Iraq, the PKK problem, Iran and the Armenian resolution.

Büyükanıt's scheduled meeting with Tom Lantos, Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee was cancelled due to snow.

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вся статья вода которую льют, чтоб прикрыть самую важную информацию, о том что Буюканит не смог встретиться с Томом Лантосом из-за причины снега . А на эту встречу возлагались огромные надежды турецкими аналитиками.

Буюканит касаемо Армянской Резолюции уже выражается в более обтекаемых тонах, чем Гюль. Что бы это значило? Посмотрим. И делает аспект на то что пока есть турецкая армия территориальной целостности Турции ничего не угрожает (хотя относит эти слова к ПКК).

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US companies should help cancel 'genocide' bill, says advisor

Saturday, February 24, 2007

ISTANBUL – Turkish Daily News

The foreign policy advisor to the prime minister, Egemen Bağış, called on U.S. companies in Turkey to tell U.S. politicians that the draft resolution in U.S. Congress to recognize the alleged Armenian genocide would hurt relations between Turkey and the United States.

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Turkish-American Business Association - American Chamber of Commerce in Turkey (TABA-AmCham), foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Istanbul deputy Egemen Bağış met with U.S. Consul General Deborah Jones and other U.S. economics experts and undersecretaries for a lunch in Istanbul yesterday. Speaking to the U.S. officials and the members of TABA-AmCham, Bağış evaluated the relationship between Turkey and the United States. The economy advisor of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara Thomas Goldberger and Commerce Undersecretary James Fluker also attended the meeting.

Although Bağış emphasized that Turkey and the United States are old allies, he also emphasized the struggle against the illegal Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the unity of Iraq and the draft resolution in the U.S. Congress on an alleged Armenian genocide as three critical points that should be agreed upon. Paying special attention to the Armenian resolution in Congress, Bağış stressed heavily that Turkish people would be hurt very much if the resolution were approved.

'US companies more aware of consequences of draft genocide resolution':

U.S. politicians brought the resolution on the agenda because of their will to satisfy the Armenian diaspora, Bağış said in the meeting. Emphasizing that Turkey needs to makes its case better, Bağış said the members of Congress they spoke with were convinced the resolution should not be passed for the sake of the relationship between the two countries.

U.S. companies that are doing business in Turkey can recognize the possible consequences of the draft bill better, Bağış said, recalling the reaction against Italian products in Turkey when PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan was hiding in Italy in 1998. U.S. companies should tell their CEOs and local senators and politicians about the meaning of the draft resolution to Turkey and the importance of it, Bağış told the businessmen.

‘Turkish lobby in US determined':

Bağış also said the Turkish lobby in the United States was small but determined. Saying that the Turkish lobby in the United States consists of first generation Turks, Bağış said that they are not powerful yet like the Armenian or Greek lobby, which consists of sixth or even seventh generation immigrants. The Turkish lobby criticizes too much, he said, “This is unfair.” The responsibility of the Turkish lobby is to familiarize the United States with Turkey, Bağış said.

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тональность заявлений турецких официальных лиц сменилась с откровенного шантажа на милостивый - типа как нам туркам будет больна если билль будет принят.

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Lawmakers set out for US

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Lawmakers set out for US:

The first of three parliamentary delegations that will pay consecutive visits to the United States to lobby against the adoption of an Armenian genocide bill recently introduced at the U.S. House of Representatives leaves for Washington on Saturday, reported CNNTÜRK. The lawmakers in the delegation will hold talks with members of the U.S. Congress and officials from the U.S. State Department.

ANK - Turkish Daily News

[Sergei]

Если это правда, то на подобные шаги нельзя не реагировать. Если резолюцию по Геноциду не примут (а это может произойти только при противодействии евреев), лично мое отношение к евреям (как к нации в целом) изменится. Не в лучшую сторону, конечно. И думаю, что не только у меня. Кто кто, а уж они-то должны бы понимать, о чем идет речь в этом вопросе и что перенес наш народ.

"Геноцид армян: Анкара пытается воздействовать на Сенат США через евреев

05.03.2007 15:04 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ «Мы сделаем все для того, чтобы билль о геноциде армян не прошел», - заявил представителю еврейского лобби в Вашингтоне глава сенатской комиссии по иностранным делам Том Лантос после встречи с начальником Генштаба Турции генералом Буюканитом. Как пишет газета Sabah, Лантос передал в Анкару сообщение через израильского премьера Эхуда Ольмерта.

Турецкие официальные лица предпринимают все усилия для того, чтобы резолюция о признании Геноцида армян не была принята в Конгрессе США и пытаются перетянуть на свою сторону главу сенатского комитета по иностранным делам Тома Лантоса, пользующегося авторитетом в Конгрессе. Отметим, что сам 79-летний Лантос пережил Холокост.

! При полном или частичном использовании материалов ссылка на «PanARMENIAN.Net» обязательна."

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Давайте разберемся.

один источник (турецкий газета Turkish Daily News) утверждает, что встреча между начальником Генштаба Турции генералом Буюканитом и главой сенатской комиссии по иностранным делам Томом Лантосом не состоялась из-за снега - Büyükanıt's scheduled meeting with Tom Lantos, Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee was cancelled due to snow.

другой источник (армянский - Panarmenian.net) ссылаясь на опять же турецкий источник, на этот раз газету Sabah, утверждает, что Буюканит и Лантос встретились и что Лантос заявил следующее: «Мы сделаем все для того, чтобы билль о геноциде армян не прошел».

Так, что же на самом деле произошло - встретились ли они или нет? А если не встретились, тогда как же Sabah стало известно о том, что сказал Лантос?

Вообще-то турецкие СМИ мастера создавать дезинформацию, и перевирать факты. Тому примеров много.

Главный вопрос - это качество той информации, которую предоставляют новостные агенства. Panarmenian.net использует инфу из вторичных источников и тем самым ни как не может гарантировать достоверность подаваемой информации. Этим и отличается качество подаваемой информации, а в следствие и качество самого новостного агенства. Поэтому ни Panarmenian.net ни регнум.ru (который также перепечатывает инфу из вторичных источников) я не считаю достоверными и качественными ресурсами информации.

Поэтому Sergei,

пока не делайте скорополительных выводов.

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free,

Думаю, что вопрос даже не во вторичности источников, а в ангажированности. У каждого новостного агентства есть ориентация, "сверхзадача". Агентства, близкие к российскому официозу, неизбежно имеют некоторый налет антиамериканизма и антисемитизма (почти синонимы). Выбор источников производится соответственно.

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Мое непросвещенное мнение такое:

1. В США действительно действует парламентаризм. Даже если ЦРУ и Госдеп захотят запугивать представителей нижней палаты Конгресса, всех членов "армянской группы" - это неизбежно выльется наружу, так как это 146 человек на сегодняшний день. Хотя, как показывает практика, запугивать всех 146 нет необходимости. Достаточно очень сильно напугать нескольких ключевых членов - Пелоси, Нолленберга, Паллоне - как вся группа рассыпется. Поживем увидим. Пока нет признаков того, что Госдепу, Белому Дому и ЦРУ удалось переубедить конгрессменов.

2. Отсюда идет следующий вывод. Турция пытается выторговать от США максимум привелегий в других вопросах. США потеряли контроль над Конгрессом. Но она компенсирует Турцию в курдском вопросе, в вопросе Северного Кипра, в торгово экономических аспектах.

Итак мы видим ту же самую реальность с другой стороны. Когда-то армянами расплачивались за болгаров, македонцев и сербов. А теперь курдами и киприотами расплачиваются за армян.

И я рад, что хотя бы первый раз в своей истории армяне (вроде бы, по отдаленным признакам) начинают походить не на товар, а на продавца.

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Встреча Вардана Осканяна и Кондолизы Райс

ՀՀ ԱԳ նախարար Վարդան Օսկանյանի եւ ԱՄՆ պետական քարտուղար Կոնդոլիզա Ռայսի հանդիպման վերաբերյալ

ԱՄՆ-ում աշխատանքային այցով գտնվող ՀՀ ԱԳ նախարար Վարդան Օսկանյանը ս.թ. մարտի 5-ին հանդիպեց ԱՄՆ պետական քարտուղար Կոնդոլիզա Ռայսին (Condoleezza Rice):

Հանդիպման ընթացքում քննարկվեցին երկկողմ հարաբերություններին առնչվող հարցեր: Նշվեց ԱՄՆ կառավարության կողմից հռչակած Հազարամյակի մարտահրավերներ ծրագրի նշանակությունը Հայաստանում գյուղական աղքատության կրճատման ծրագրի իրագործման գործում: Նախարարը ներկայացրեց ծրագրի իրականացման համար մինչ օրս կատարված նախապատրաստական աշխաանքները:

Զրուցակիցները նաեւ անդրադարձան Հայաստանում գալիք խորհրդարանական ընտրություններին, կարեւորելով դրանց միջազգային չափանիշներին համապատասխան անցկացումը:

Քննարկվեցին տարածաշրջանային հարցեր, հայ-թուրքական հարաբերությունների ներկա վիճակը եւ դրանց կարգավորման ուղղությամբ ԱՄՆ միջնորդական նախաձեռնությունները:

Կողմերը մտքեր փոխանակեցին Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի հակամարտության բանակցությունների վերջին զարգացումների եւ հեռանկարների վերաբերյալ:

Օրվա երկրորդ կեսին նախատեսված են ՀՀ ԱԳ նախարար Օսկանյանի հանդիպումները ԱՄՆ Կոնգրեսում;

http://www.a1plus.am/amu/?page=issue&iid=46262

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Выборка из интервью Осканяна Асошейтед пресс

http://www.azatutyun.am/armeniareport/report/ar/2007/03/5947910B-8A69-4228-81EF-285D5A4A351F.ASP

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Сегодня пройдет голосование в международном комитете Сената США по вопросу осуждения убийства Динка, которая будет призывать Турцию отменить 301 статью УК и наладить весь спектор отношений с Арменией.

US Senate panel set to vote on Turkey, Dink today

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Senate measure condemns Dink murder, urges Turkey to abolish controversial penal code and establish ties with Armenia

ÜMİT ENGİNSOY

WASHINGTON - Turkish Daily News

The U.S. Senate's Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to vote today on a non-binding resolution condemning Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink's murder and calling on Turkey to abolish a penal code article blamed for restricting freedom of expression and to launch diplomatic, political and trade ties with Armenia, the committee announced.

The move is seen as a prelude to a series of Armenian-related congressional actions in Congress over the next couple of months, including a resolution introduced in the House of Representatives calling for the recognition of World War I-era killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide.

The 21-senator panel chaired by Delaware Democrat Joe Biden, a presidential hopeful, is expected to hold a vote on S.Res. 56 around midnight after the TDN goes topress. Biden in early February introduced the S.Res. 65 after Dink, editor of the Turkish-Armenian daily Agos was shot dead in front of his office in Istanbul on Jan. 19. A teenager who has confessed to killing Dink and a group of ultranationalists have been arrested for the crime. Biden has already announced he is running for presidency in the November 2008 elections, but among stronger Democratic candidates, including Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, he is considered a long shot.

S.Res. 65 condemns Dink's assassination, urges Turkey to repeal Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK), under which Dink had been convicted, and calls on Ankara "to act in the interest of regional security and prosperity and reestablish full diplomatic, political and economic relations with the government of Armenia."

Turkey officially recognized Armenia when the latter gained its independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991. However, Ankara refuses to establish diplomatic ties with Yerevan and open the border, saying Armenia has been keeping the Nagorno-Karabakh region inside Azerbaijan and another 20 percent of Azeri territoryunder its occupation. Turkish diplomats accuse U.S. Armenians and their backers in Congress of seeking to use Dink's murder to humiliate and harm Turkey with this and other resolutions. "At a time when the Turkish government is considering changes to Article 301, this resolution's passage will only make such an effort in Ankara more difficult, but Armenians and pro-Armenian legislators here don't care about this, they care about putting Turkey in a difficult position," one Turkish diplomat said privately."Hrant Dink, for example, had publicly expressed his opposition to genocide recognition moves by foreign parliaments, but this is also ignored here," said the diplomat.

Most panel members are believed to be supporting S.Res. 65, and if it passes the Foreign Relations Committee, it will then go to the Senate floor for further action.If the resolution is approved in a Senate floor vote, it will not have a binding role on U.S. foreign policy, but reflect the Senate's sense.

In a related development, the Turkish Embassy here is expected this week to sign a contract with DLA Piper, which has been selected as Turkey's new lobbying company here. Turkish Ambassador Nabi Şensoy announced on Friday that both sides were about to reach a final agreement. DLA Piper is close to the Democratic Party, which now controls both chambers in Congress. Former Democratic House speaker Richard Gephardt is a senior member in the company and Turkey hopes that the Democratic-leaning firm could facilitate efforts in reaching out to Congress' Democratic leadership, which has been backing the Armenian position. The Livingstone Group, a Republican-leaning lobbying company that has been working with Turkey since 2000, has received a six-month extension to its contract until August. The two companies are planned to work together until then.

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Выборка из интервью Осканяна Асошейтед пресс

http://www.azatutyun.am/armeniareport/report/ar/2007/03/5947910B-8A69-4228-81EF-285D5A4A351F.ASP