Armenian resolution “casts shadow” on ties with Germany – Turkish Speaker

NTV television, Istanbul
17 Jun 05

Assembly Speaker Bulent Arinc sent a letter to the speaker of the
German parliament after the Bundestag approved a motion on the Armenian
genocide. In his letter, Arinc said that the decision casts a shadow
on the warm relations between the two countries. He expressed his
negative reaction to the approval of a motion that is not based on
common sense or the facts. Arinc also said that the Turkish people
are irked by the unjust decision.

Earlier, Arinc had sent letters to the Polish and Russian parliament
speakers for having approved motions that accepted the claims of an
Armenian genocide.

The Polish parliamentarians’ visit to the Turkish Grand National
Assembly, and Arinc’s planned visit to Russia had been cancelled due
to Turkey’s negative reaction to those countries.