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  • ANKARA: Turkey worried Sweden res on Armenia "might seriously harm"

    Anadolu Agency, Turkey
    March 12 2010


    Turkey worried Sweden's resolution on Armenia "might seriously harm" ties



    Ankara, 12 March: Turkish Foreign Ministry conveyed Turkey's
    uneasiness to Swedish Ambassador in Ankara Christer Asp after Sweden's
    parliament approved a resolution in support of the Armenian
    allegations on the incidents of 1915.

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

    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.

    Officials told Asp that the decision was made according to several
    political interests on the eve of elections which would take place in
    Sweden in September 2010.

    Officials said that the mission of parliaments and politicians was not
    making judgements about history, and Turkey had always been exerting
    efforts for creation of a joint committee of historians to discuss the
    matter.

    Asp told Turkish officials that Sweden did not want any deterioration
    of its relations with Turkey, and that Sweden was sorry over the
    decision.

    Asp also said that the resolution had been previously debated in
    Foreign Affairs Committee and had not been approved, however, the
    parliament made a decision contrary to the committee's.

    Asp stressed that the decision of the parliament was not binding, it
    was only a recommendatory decision, adding that Swedish government
    would not rely on this decision.

    The Swedish parliament on Thursday adopted 131 to 130 the resolution
    just days after a US House panel passed a similar bill, raising
    concerns that it could jeopardize a rapprochement process between
    Turkey and Armenia as the two had signed protocols to normalize
    relations and open their border.

    Turkey recalled its ambassador in Stockholm Zergun Koruturk to Ankara
    for consultations. Koruturk is expected to arrive in Turkey on Friday.
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