Obama administration is urging Congress to hold off on Genocide Resolution discussed in the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on March 4.

According to Associated Press, White House Spokesperson Mike Hammer stated that yesterday Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appealed to Committee Chairman Howard Berman, noting that the vote will endanger Armenia-Turkey reconciliation process.

The AP says the step breaks a campaign promise by President Obama to label mass killings of Armenians as Genocide.

Official Ankara has warned that resolution might deteriorate U.S.-Turkey relations and set back in Armenia-Turkey reconciliation, RFE/RL reports.

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