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    TURKISH ENVOY WILL NOT RETURN TO US JUST YET

    Press TV, Iran
    March 25 2010

    Davutoglu says the return of the Turkish ambassador depends on US
    stance regarding the Armenian issue.

    Turkey's foreign minister says Ankara will not return its ambassador
    to Washington unless the US administration and Congress show better
    understanding of Turkey's history.

    In an interview with CNN in Ankara, Ahmet Davutoglu said that the
    return of the Turkish Ambassador, Namik Tan, depends on the development
    of a "strategic alliance" between the two countries.

    "We cannot accept the judgment of members of the foreign relations
    committee, who do not know anything about the history," he added.

    Last month, Ankara recalled its ambassador from the United States
    for consultations after the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed
    a so-called "Armenian genocide" resolution.

    Ankara warned that such a resolution would harm ties between the two
    NATO members.

    Turkish officials are waiting to see how US President Barack Obama
    will express himself on April 24, when US commemorates the alleged
    genocide which took place in the last days of the Ottoman Empire.

    Armenia says up to 1.5 million Armenians lost lives during and just
    after the World War I, when the Ottoman Empire deported Armenians en
    masse from eastern Anatolia.

    Yerevan believes that the Armenians were killed by troops or died
    from starvation and disease. It has campaigned for the killings to
    be internationally recognized as genocide.

    Meanwhile, the Armenian lobby is mounting pressure on Obama to use
    the term, "genocide" in his annual speech, as promised during his
    election campaign.

    The Turkish government condemned the resolution on Thursday, declaring
    that "supporters of this resolution have taken a wrong and unjust
    stance, ignoring historical facts and differences of opinion among
    experts."

    "The resolution includes tangible errors related to the incidents of
    1915, and it has completely been prepared with a one-sided approach,"
    the statement added.
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