Monday, November 25 2019 11:24

ArmInfo. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said that he blocked the vote on the resolution on the Armenian Genocide in the Senate at the request of the White House.

"After the meeting (with the President of Turkey at the White House -  IF), we gathered and talked about what happened, "Graham said,  reports Axios. According to him, the White House representative on  legislative issues informed him that Senator Bob Menendez was going  to render to vote on his resolution on the Armenian Genocide and  asked to block it.

"I said, of course. (...) The only reason I did this was that he  (Erdogan) was still in town. (...) That would not be on time. I'm  trying to save relations (between the US and Turkey - IF), if  possible, "said Graham.  He added that he felt uncomfortable blocking  the Menendez resolution. "Next time I will not mind," he said.

The source writes that last week Menendez and Senator Ted Cruz again  submitted a resolution on the Armenian Genocide to the Senate.

This time she was blocked by another senator - David Purdue."Senator  Purdue protested over concerns that the adoption of the resolution  will jeopardize the delicate negotiations taking place in the region  with Turkey and other allies, "said spokesman Purdue.

On October 29, the US House of Representatives adopted resolution No.  296 on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. The document was  added to the Congress agenda in April.

405 members of the House of Representatives spoke in support of the  draft resolution, and 11 were against.  Turkey has declared that it  ignores and considers unacceptable the biased position of the US  House of Representatives on the events of 1915.