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 The US House of Representatives chaired by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to call Armenian Genocide resolution to the Congress plenary session on 21 December, “Ermenihaber.am” news web site reports. According to the source Turkish Embassy to Washington takes initiative to prevent the resolution enter into plenary session.

Foreign Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu called U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton and asked the US Government to interfere the process. According to the Turkish diplomatic sources Clinton promised to stop the initiative since Turkish-American relations are hailed by the US Government.

Turkish organizations to the US have also started intensified activities against the case. The Chairman of American-Turkish Council (ATC) James Holms said it’s quite possible that the resolution may be passed to the Congress agenda: “Since we treat it seriously,” he said.

Turkish Ambassador to US Namik Tan made his remarks in “Twitter” social network: “Armenian organizations kicked off a campaign to have the Resolution on events over 1915th voted. I hope Turkish community to the US will adopt necessary watchfulness.”

Panorama.am recalls that Turkey has traditionally rejected the mass killings of 1,5 million Armenians carried out early in the 20th century and took the criticism of the West painfully. The Armenian Genocide has been recognized by lots of states. It was first recognized by Uruguay in 1965. Later Russia, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina and the US 42 states did the same. The Armenian Genocide has been recognized also by Vatican, the Council of Europe, the World Council of Churches.