Armenian Resolution At U.S. House Of Representatives

-BAGIS: "TWO MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REVOKE THEIR SIGNATURES"

WASHINGTON D.C. - "As a result of Turkey`s endeavors, 2 members of the U.S. House of Representatives supporting the draft resolution on so-called Armenian genocide (submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives) revoked their signatures," Turkish Justice & Development Party (AKP) Istanbul MP Egemen Bagis said on Thursday.
Bagis is a member of a Turkish parliamentary delegation currently in Washington D.C. to lobby against the Armenian draft resolution.
In an exclusive interview with the A.A correspondent, Bagis said Democrat Party Congressman Dennis Moore and Republican Party Pennsylvania Congressman Phil English revoked their signatures from the draft, indicating that, "we are more optimistic that the resolution would not be passed from the House of Representatives."
"USA is aware of the importance of the situation. They don`t want to lose an ally like Turkey," Bagis remarked.
On the other hand, Armenian Assembly of America (AAA) submitted a draft resolution to the U.S. Senate asking Armenian incidents of the last century to be acknowledged as "genocide".
21 of the 100-member Senate supported the draft resolution.
Similar to the draft at the House of Representatives, this resolution is also not binding.