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AMENDMENT TO SENATE RESOLUTION 70

2    AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend Senate Resolution 70 on page 4, by
3replacing line 17 with the following:
 
4"and
 
5    WHEREAS, We rightly appreciate that the current Turkish
6government has made positive improvements over the last 8 years
7in its relation to the Ecumenical Patriarchate with respect to
8the return of two significant properties formerly in dispute,
9with respect to allowing Orthodox clergy in lands outside
10Turkey to apply and gain citizenship in Turkey to help ensure
11the possibility of patriarchal succession, and with respect to
12the physical security of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the
13recent uncovering and thwarting of a plotted assassination of
14Patriarch Bartholomew; and
 
15    WHEREAS, We recognize that the current Turkish government

 

 

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1has continued to negotiate and publicly address these and other
2related issues with a commitment to their resolution in a
3manner acceptable to all interested parties; and
 
4    WHEREAS, We are encouraged by the improving relationships
5between the Greek and Turkish people here in the State of
6Illinois and between the peoples of Greece and Turkey;
7therefore, be it".