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    TURKEY UNEASY OVER SWEDISH PARLIAMENT'S APPROVAL OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION

    Xinhua
    March 12 2010
    China

    ANKARA, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Foreign Ministry Friday conveyed
    Turkey's uneasiness to Swedish Ambassador in Ankara Christer Asp
    after the Swedish parliament passed an Armenian genocide resolution,
    the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

    The ministry strongly condemned the decision and asked Sweden to
    take serious steps which would compensate this decision, according
    to the report.

    Sweden's parliament on Thursday passed a resolution recognizing the
    killing of Armenians and many other ethnic groups in 1915 as genocide.

    The 349-seat parliament passed the resolution with a narrow majority,
    with 131 yes, 130 no and 88 abstention, according to the Swedish news
    agency TT.

    The ministry officials told Asp that the decision might seriously harm
    the relations between Turkey and Sweden which had been developing in
    the recent period, said the Anatolia report.

    The Swedish ambassador was summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry
    early Friday after the Swedish parliament's resolution.

    Asp told reporters that he explained the Swedish government's stance
    on the issue to Turkish officials during his talks at the ministry.

    Asp noted the Swedish parliament's decision was not binding for the
    government, adding that the decision would certainly not affect his
    country's support to Turkey's EU bid.

    On March 4, Turkey temporarily recalled its ambassador to the United
    States after a U.S. congressional panel approved a resolution labeling
    the incidents of 1915 as "genocide."

    Turkey and Armenia have been bogged down in the row over the deaths
    of Armenians, and have no diplomatic or economic ties since Armenia
    declared its independence in 1991.

    Turkey and Armenia signed two protocols last October to normalize
    relations, however, the parliaments of the two countries have not
    yet passed them.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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