TURKEY CRITICIZES HARPER FOR RECOGNIZING GENOCIDE

Guelph Mercury , Ontario, Canada
April 26 2006

Turkey yesterday criticized Prime Minister Stephen Harper for remarks
he made in support of recognizing the mass killings of Armenians during
the First World War as genocide, and warned that such statements may
harm relations. In a statement on April 21, Harper said Parliament
had adopted resolutions recognizing the killings as genocide and said,
“I and my party supported those resolutions and continue to recognize
them today.”

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry issued a stern statement saying it
“regretted” Harper’s remarks over the killings that occurred more
than eight decades ago.