TURKEY CONDEMNS ARGENTINIAN RESOLUTION ON "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE"
Anatolia News Agency, Turkey
Dec 1 2006
Ankara, 1 December: Turkey has condemned approval of a resolution
on so-called Armenian genocide [passed] by Argentinian House of
Representatives, noting that this initiative did not comply with
historical facts and the international law.
Releasing a statement, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has recalled
that Buenos Aires House of Representatives adopted a resolution making
2 April "the day of tolerance and respect among peoples in the memory
of Armenian genocide".
The statement noted, "Turkey offered that 1915 incidents should be
examined by Turkish and Armenian historians but this proposal was not
backed. We condemn the approval of resolutions (by various parliaments
on the so-called Armenian genocide)."
The statement also stressed that Argentina’s initiative did not comply
with spirit of bilateral relations between Turkey and Argentina.