ANSAmed – Italy
March 12, 2010 Friday 7:08 PM CET
TURKEY: SWEDISH PARLIAMENT’S DECISION ‘INEQUITABLE’, ERDOGAN
ANKARA
(ANSAmed) Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that
The approval of Armenian resolution in the Swedish parliament was an
"inconsiderate and inequitable" decision, Anatolia news agency reports
quoting Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan as saying on Friday.
Commenting on the approval of the resolution on Armenian allegations
regarding 1915 incidents in the Swedish parliament, Erdogan said, "an
incident which had occurred 95 years ago and whose reasons, results
and victims have not yet emerged into daylight, has been brought in
front of Turkey just like a threat in many countries. I consider this
as an inconsiderate and inequitable decision." Erdogan said the
decision cast shadow over extremely positive relations between Turkey
and Sweden. "Parliaments convene, vote and rule on incidents that
occurred 95 years ago. This approach lacks logic and commonsense. I am
underlining that such decisions will have a negative impact on our
efforts aiming to normalize relations between Turkey and Armenia."
Swedish Parliament on Thursday approved a resolution on Armenian
allegations regarding 1915 incidents with 131 votes against 130. The
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs last
Thursday approved the resolution on Armenian allegations. Turkey
strongly rejects the genocide allegations and regards the events as
civil strife in wartime which claimed lives of many Turks and
Armenians. Turkey and Armenia signed two protocols on October 10, 2009
to normalize relations between the two countries. The protocols
envisage the two countries to establish diplomatic ties and open the
border that has been close since 1993.