Turkey is highly uncomfortable with planned vote in U.S. Congress on Genocide recognition, Today’s Zaman reads. In the context of recent developments in Armenia-Turkey reconciliation, namely Ankara’s criticism over RA Constitutional Court judgment, Turkish source considers the timing “an indication of pressure being imposed on Turkey.”

This step by U.S. comes on the threshold of a Turkish top official’s impending visit to Washington. Thus, vote on Genocide recognition will enter the agenda of meeting between Ambassador Feridun Sinirlioglu and U.S. officials, the daily says.

According to the source, Turkey believes that U.S. pressure might backfire and help neither Turkey nor Armenia.

“Turkish governmental officials, speaking with Today’s Zaman, expressed their conviction that Ankara believes the timing of three particular incidents in recent weeks is not coincident at all,” the article concludes.