Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama warning that the Armenian resolution could strain relations between two countries, Anadolu English reported.
Erdogan told Obama in the letter that the resolution "H. Res. 252" --labelling the 1915 incidents which took place shortly before the fall of the Ottoman Empire as genocide-- could strain relations between the two countries.
"H. Res. 252" was approved by the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 23 against 22 last March. The adoption of the resolution stirred wide reaction in Turkey which strongly rejects the allegations and regards the events as civil strife in wartime which claimed lives of many Turks and Armenians. Turkey had recalled its ambassador to the United States as a response after the incident. Ambassador Namik Tan returned to Washington one month later.
Now the alarm bells are ringing once again for Turkish-U.S. relations as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, wants to bring the resolution to the House floor in 48 hours.
The resolution is not binding even if it is voted and accepted in the House of Representatives. It is only recommendatory. U.S. President Barack Obama and the administration do not have to abide by this recommendation even if it is accepted.
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