TCA Deplores Foreign Affairs Committee Vote on H.Res. 252

Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee sent a signal to the world that the US is willing to sacrifice one of its most important, long-term strategic relationships for short-sighted political gains driven by an ethnic lobby. The Committee members who have voted for the Resolution have ignored their primary mandates of resolving the immediate and […]

Turkey frustrated with genocide reference by Armenian court

Foreign Ministry sources say the reference in an Armenian court decision to a declaration rejecting even the questioning of the 1915 killings of Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire is against the essence of the normalization process with Yerevan
A top Armenian court’s reference to the 1915 killings of Armenians in its reasoned decision […]

US Armenians step up ’genocide recognition’ campaign ahead of Erdoğan visit

The largest and most radical US Armenian group has stepped up its efforts to ’educate’ US administration leaders and lawmakers about Washington’s formal recognition of what they call the Armenian genocide. The group’s statement comes days before Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set visit the United States for talks with US President Barack […]

Armenian group slams the White House for pushing Turkey agreements

An Armenian organization charged Friday that the Obama administration was putting “morally unacceptable” pressure on Armenia to accept agreements to move toward normalizing relations with Turkey.
In a statement late Friday, the Armenian National Committee of America said that the Turkey-Armenia Protocols, which are expected to be signed in Bern next week, “threaten the security of […]

Rep. Frank Pallone and the “Armenian Genocide Resolution”

Recently, a letter seeking cosponsors for a renewed drive to secure the adoption of an “Armenian Genocide Resolution” was circulated on Capitol Hill. The lead authors of the proposed legislation included four members of congress from districts with sizable Armenian constituents. They included Armenian Caucus Co-Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ).
Rep. Pallone has turned his office in […]