TURKEY RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM SWEDEN OVER ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VOTE
RIA Novosti
March 11, 2010
Ankara
Turkey has recalled its ambassador to Sweden for consultations after
the Swedish parliament approved a resolution recognizing the Armenian
genocide by the Ottoman Empire, local media reported.
Turkey has also canceled a scheduled visit of Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan to the Scandinavian country.
Ankara last week recalled its ambassador to the United States for
consultations after the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House
of Representatives voted in support of a resolution condemning as
genocide the killing of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by Turks
during World War I.