ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: LITHUANIA NORMALIZES CRACKED RELATIONS WITH TURKEY

PanARMENIAN.Net
21.06.2006 16:55 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Lithuania keeps on normalizing relations with Turkey
that cracked after the adoption of the Armenian Genocide resolution by
the Lithuanian Seimas and promises support on the way to the European
Union, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus stated upon completion of
the meeting with Turkish President Ahmet Necet Sezer in Ankara. "The
resolution adopted by our Seimas will not introduce any changes into
the policy of the Lithuanian foreign policy," he said. To remind,
last summer the Lithuanian parliament passed a resolution calling
upon Turkey to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide. Turkey’s response
was a political demarche. Lithuanian Ambassador Vytautas Nauduzas
was invited to the Turkish Foreign Ministry and warned that the
resolution will not have a positive impact on the Turkish-Lithuanian
relations. "We agreed to avoid deeds that would damage the development
of bilateral relations," the Turkish President stated at a briefing,
reported Trend news agency.