ANSAmed – Italy
March 5, 2010 Friday 12:06 PM CET

DIALOGUE WITH ARMENIA TO CONTINUE

ANKARA

(ANSAmed) Despite the vote with which the Foreign Affairs Committee of
the US House of Representatives defined the Armenian massacres that
took place during the Ottoman empire as "genocide", Ankara will
continue in the process of normalisation of relations that has begun
with Yerevan. NTV reports that Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu has said as much today in reference to protocols between
Turkey and Armenia signed in Zurich in October last year.

"A historical event was brought to trial in Washington yesterday,"
said Davutoglu at a press conference. "And we want to draw attention
more to the voting procedure than to its result," added the Minister,
in clear dispute with the behaviour of the Committee head, Democrat
Howard Berman, judged as "irregular".

"And for this reason,- he added, -we have recalled our ambassador in
Washington and called the US ambassador to our Ministry."