TNA Parliament Bureau / Ankara
April 28 2005

Head of Turkish Parliament Arinc’s protests Poland’s ‘genocide’
decision

Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc yesterday sent a letter of protest to
his Polish counterpart Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz regarding the Polish
Parliament’s recent decision to recognize the so-called Armenian
genocide. In the letter, Arinc cancelled three functions due to be
held between the two nations’ parliaments.

Arinc stated in the letter that the Polish Parliament’s decision to
recognize the allegations had aroused indignation and disappointment
among Turkish parliamentarians. He added:

A decision by a friendly nation to cast mutually tragic events which
occurred between Turks and Armenians during World War I in a
one-sided manner has aroused disappointment in the Turkish nation.
ThePolish Parliament’s decision was an unfortunate development in
terms of relations between our two countries. The environment of
friendship between our nations cannot be reconciled with this
decision.’

Arinc also stated that the Polish Parliament Friendship Group’s
official visit to Ankara scheduled for May 9-13 had been cancelled.
He added that the Polish Parliament Foreign Affairs Commission’s
Turkish visit scheduled for May 25-30 had also been cancelled, and
two Turkish deputies scheduled to pay a visit to Poland now would not
do so.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress