Turkey signaled on Saturday that it may...
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday 23-22 in support of the resolution following almost six hours of heated debates.
Although not yet adopted, the bill has already become a diplomatic flashpoint between Washington and Ankara.
It will now go before the full House, although no date has been set for the vote.
Ankara condemned the bill and recalled its newly appointed ambassador to the United States, Namik Tan, for consultations.
"We condemn this bill that blames the Turkish nation for a crime it did not commit. Our Washington ambassador was invited to Ankara tonight for consultations," Turkey"s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement posted on his office"s website.
President Abdullah Gul said Turkey would "not be responsible for the negative results of this vote," adding that it harmed "peace and stability in South Caucasus, and establishment of constant friendship between the peoples."