15:32 05/03/2010 » Region
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey warned by Ankara
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey James Jeffrey has been called to Turkish
Foreign Ministry, Hurriyet reported. According to the paper, Jeffery
declared that `we are against the resolution approved in the U.S.
House Committee on Foreign Affairs.’
According to the source, the U.S. diplomat has been seriously alarmed
by the Turkish officials. `Messages’ to Jeffery warned that the
approving of the resolution may deeply harm the Turkish-American ties
and the normalization of Armenian-Turkish ties.
Panorama.am recalls that Turkey has traditionally rejected the mass
killings of 1,5 million Armenians carried out early in the 20th
century and took the criticism of the West painfully. The Armenian
Genocide has been recognized by lots of states. It was first
recognized by Uruguay in 1965. Later Russia, France, Italy, the
Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden,
Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina and
the US 42 states did the same. The Armenian Genocide has been
recognized also by Vatican, the Council of Europe, the World Council
of Churches.
Source: Panorama.am