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He said the United States would adhere to this stance so long as the Washington-backed former Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosian is elected at the country's 2008 elections.
The diplomat maintained that the U.S. was trying to propel Ter-Petrosian to power through an "orange revolution".
He said the recent passage of Resolution 106 in the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee terming the developments in Ottoman Turkey in the early 20th century as "genocide" "was part of the U.S. large-scale game".
"Americans are simply seeking to score publicity points with the Armenian public. This is how they are trying to realize the revolution idea there. We have decided to give support to Levon Ter-Petrosian at the upcoming presidential elections. After he announced his intention to stand in the poll, the congressional committee put the "genocide" bill on voting and passed it. This is not surprising," the source said.
The US diplomat said the campaign had been orchestrated jointly by US Congressmen and the Armenian lobby. The passage of the "genocide" resolution in the House committee has somewhat increased the pro-US sentiment among the Armenian population.
"The public there is no longer suspicious of Americans, which means a lot for the White House's bid for a favorable person to come to power in Armenia. Ter-Petrosian is currently the one and only person that the U.S. is happy with and he stands out for less dependence on Russia's clout.
"As for the key candidate for presidency - incumbent prime minister Serzh Sarkisian - he is entirely under Russian control," the diplomat said.
The former Armenian head of state announced his plans to run for presidency at a major opposition rally in Yerevan on Friday reportedly joined by some 20,000 supporters.
Meanwhile, the US House of Representatives sponsors of a resolution that would label as "genocide" the 1915 killings of Armenians asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi to delay a vote on the measure because they feared it would fail, according to Turkish media reports.
The four main sponsors of the vote - Adam Schiff, Brad Sherman, Anna Eshoo and Frank Pallone - said they still believed a majority of their colleagues would support it, but only if the "timing is more favorable". They also said they planned to table it again later this year or in 2008.
Speaker Pelosi said she respected their decision to postpone.
21 congressmen pulled their support of the resolution. 205 lawmakers currently back the bill. Over 50% of votes are required for the adoption of the resolution in the 435-member House.
The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee adopted the measure 27-21, despite hard lobbying against the bill by the Bush administration.
In a White House news conference, US President George Bush warned lawmakers against further inflaming US relations with Turkey. A member of NATO, Turkey is considered a rare Muslim ally to the United States in its war on terrorism.
Hundreds of experts and civilians have also accused the leaders of the Democratic Party and Pelosi of acting against the national interests of the United States.
The resolution had heightened U.S. tensions with Turkey, which says the death toll has been inflated and was the result of civil unrest, not genocide.