TURKISH MINISTER CANCELS US TRIP FOLLOWING HOUSE PANEL VOTE

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10.03.2010 12:48

Turkey’s trade minister has canceled a trip to the United States
in response to a U.S. House panel vote last week that recommended
labeling the World War I-era killings of Armenians as genocide.

Zafer Caglayan was scheduled to depart for the U.S. on March 19 with
a large business delegation, the Hurriyet Daily News & Economic
Review reports. The governmental decision was made Monday during
consultations with the country’s ambassador to Washington, who had
earlier been recalled in a show of protest.