CCTV, China
March 6 2010

Turkey warns US on WWI issue

2010-03-06 08:43 BJT

Turkey is warning the United States that there will be negative
diplomatic consequences if it doesn’t impede a US resolution branding
the killing of Armenians during World War I as genocide.

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says his country would
assess what measures it would take, and calls the resolution a "big
mistake." He also says chances of its parliament ratifying peace
protocols with Armenia were jeopardised by a U.S. congressional panel
vote for the resolution. Minutes after the vote, Turkey withdrew its
ambassador from Washington.

Historians estimate up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman
Turks. Turkey denies the deaths constituted genocide, saying the death
toll has been inflated and those killed were victims of civil war and
unrest.

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