The Chairman of U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Howard Berman urged U.S. Congressmen to reject all “morally blind” arguments disputing the irrefutable fact of Armenian Genocide.

Berman replied to the letter addressed to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi by a group of his colleagues lobbying Turkey’s interests, calling them not to include the Armenian Genocide Resolution in the plenary session agenda in the House of Representatives, Voice of America reports.

The congressmen assured that the resolution adoption will irreparably harm the U.S. security, handicap the Armenia-Turkey normalization as well as clog American products purchase in Turkey.

“I disagree with many points in the letter, but I take particularly strong exception to the use of the phrase &‘so-called ‘Armenian Genocide Resolution’’, which casts doubt on the historicity of the Armenian Genocide. I believe that US-Turkish security relations are founded on mutual interests and that Turkey is not about to discard the immense benefits it derives from bilateral security relations for the sake of &‘punishing’ the US for a non-binding resolution, however much it may resent that resolution,” Berman’ letter reads.

“In addition, I dispute the argument that passing H. Res. 252 would derail the Turkish-Armenian protocols. The protocols have been gathering dust in the Turkish parliament since they were signed in October, and particularly in light of the preconditions established by the Turkish leadership, there is little likelihood that they will be ratified any time soon,” Berman says.

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