“I am worried about it. I will say that it was just one committee of the House of Representatives that voted this resolution,” U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told in an interview with Al Arabiya Broadcast, asked to comment on the development of Turkey-U.S. relations after approval of the Genocide Resolution in the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Robert Gates considers that the Resolution is a mistake. “Turkey and Armenia are making progress toward a reconciliation. Protocols have been drafted along those lines. That’s the process that we think ought to be used. A resolution of this kind could be very damaging to U.S.-Turkish relations, and we certainly hope that the Congress and the House of Representatives take this measure no further,” he stated.