news.am, Armenia
March 5 2010

Ankara had U.S. Ambassador to Turkey on carpet

16:32 / 03/05/2010After the Armenian Genocide Resolution adoption by
the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs U.S. Ambassador to Turkey
James Jeffrey was called to country’s Foreign Office.

Jeffrey met with Deputy Undersecretary of Turkish Foreign Ministry
Selim Yenel.

According to Turkish TRT, Turkey expressed its indignation over the
Armenian Genocide Resolution adoption, warning that will affect
negatively Turkey-U.S. relations and Turkey-Armenia reconciliation
process.

After the meeting Jeffrey made a brief statement in Turkish and voiced
Secretary Hillary Clinton’s message, that reads: `Adoption of such
decision is incorrect and we disagree with it. We reckon that Congress
should not pass this resolution. We have repeatedly stated this.’

S.T.