Anatolia News Agency, Turkey
Oct 11 2007
Turkey tells US envoy about concern over Armenian resolution
Ankara, 11 October: Turkey’s uneasiness over approval of the
resolution regarding Armenian allegations on the incidents of 1915 by
the US House of Representatives committee on foreign relations was
conveyed to the US ambassador to Turkey, Ross Wilson.
According to sources, Wilson was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MFA) on Thursday [11 October] and he met MFA Undersecretary
Ertugrul Apakan. During the meeting, Apakan expressed Ankara’s
concerns about recent developments.
Earlier, Wilson released a written statement and expressed his
profound sorrow over approval of the resolution. Wilson added that he
will continue resorting efforts to convince US congressmen to prevent
passage of the resolution by the full house.