People’s Daily Online, China
March 7 2010

Turkish PM lashes out at U.S. for genocide resolution

12:18, March 07, 2010

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saturday lashed out at the
United Sates, saying that the U.S. House of Representatives resolution
on Armenian allegations would harm U.S.-Turkish relations and U.S.
interests.

Addressing a business conference in Istanbul, the Turkish leader said
"the resolution of the U.S House Committee on Foreign Affairs will not
harm Turkey in anyway. …Those who act on animosity and a feeling of
revenge with cheap tricks will lose," said Erdogan.

On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs
Committee approved a resolution labelling the massive killings of
Armenians by the Ottoman Turks during World War I as "genocide."

The adoption of the resolution stirred wide reaction in Turkey which
strongly rejects the allegations and regards the events as civil
strife in wartime which claimed lives of many Turks and Armenians.

Turkey severely criticized the resolution Friday, warning that it
would jeopardize the historic rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia
and harm Turkish-U.S. ties.

As part of the action taken by the Turkish government, Turkey’s
Ambassador to Washington Namik Tan was called back for consultations
and he arrived in Istanbul on Saturday.

Turkish government also expressed concern that the non-binding
resolution could damage Turkish-U.S. relations and efforts to
normalize relations between Turkey and Armenia.

Turkey and Armenia inked two protocols last October to normalize
relations, however, parliaments of the two countries have not passed
them yet.

Source: Xinhua
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress