Zaman, Turkey
April 28 2005

Turkey Issues Russia Diplomatic Notes on So Called Genocide
By Suleyman Kurt
Published: Thursday 28, 2005
zaman.com

The Turkish Foreign Ministry delivered a diplomatic note protesting a
resolution in favor of the alleged Armenian genocide by the Russian
Federation Federal Parliament, the Duma, on April 22.

The Russian Ambassador to Ankara was summoned to the Turkish Ministry
and he was told that the resolution was a very unfortunate one. The
Turkish Ambassador to Moscow, Kurtulus Taskent, on the hand, went to
the Russian Foreign Ministry and protested the resolution. Ankara
declared that instead of supporting Turkey’s positive intentions
regarding the issue, making such a declaration is an unfortunate act
by Russia in terms of restoring good relations. Ankara keeps contacts
with Germany through top-level talks to avoid a similar resolution in
that country. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder will visit Turkey on
May1-2 and objections that would derive from such a resolution will
be raised by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Similar
resolutions by the parliaments of three countries were prevented in
2005. Fifteen countries have approved parliamentary resolutions, many
after 1992 , on the recognition of the genocide allegations so far.