Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on October 30 that the country's parliament was preparing a response to the passage of a resolution by the US House of Representatives recognizing the Armenian Genocide by Ottoman Turkey. “The resolution is useless. Turkey will not recognize it, "Erdogan quoted Reuters as saying. As a result of the October 29 vote in the US House of Representatives, the Armenian Genocide Resolution was adopted by a majority vote. Of the congressmen who voted, 405 voted for, 11 against, 3 abstained, and 14 did not vote.