YNet, Israel
March 5 2010

Turkey to press on with Armenia peace despite vote

Published: 03.05.10, 11:14 / Israel News

Turkey said on Friday it was determined to press ahead with efforts to
normalize ties with Armenia despite a US congressional panel vote
terming as genocide the 1915 mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman
Turks.

"We are determined to press ahead with normalization of relations with
Armenia," Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a news
conference. However, he said parliamentary ratification of peace
accords with Armenia were at risk. The US House of Representatives
Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday narrowly voted to approve the
nonbinding resolution, which calls on the president to ensure US
policy formally refers to the killings as genocide. (Reuters)

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