Turkish Speaker regrets Slovak decision on Armenian “genocide”

Anatolia news agency
14 Dec 04

ANKARA

Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc sent a letter to Slovakian
National Parliament Speaker Pavol Hrustovsky on Tuesday [14 December]
and expressed his regret over approval of a decision by the Slovakian
parliament to recognize the so-called Armenian genocide.

In his letter, Arinc said: “Some members of the Slovakian national
parliament supported a distorted and prejudiced allegation ignoring
all historical facts. It created a profound disappointment in the
Turkish parliament. I believe that parliaments are obliged to
consolidate friendly relations among their peoples. A while ago,
Turkey supported Slovakia’s membership to NATO. I want to express our
profound sorrow and regret over approval of such an unfair and
wrongful decision by Slovakian MPs.”

The Slovakian national parliament made a decision on 30 November 2004
on recognition of the so-called Armenian genocide.