SWEDISH GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS INCORRECT ADOPTION OF ARMENIAN RESOLUTION

news.am
March 12 2010
Armenia

Swedish Government considers incorrect the adoption of Armenian
Genocide Resolution by the Parliament. According to it, the resolution
passed by a casting vote-131 against 130 is wrong and politicizes
the history.

The executive branch took effective steps to prevent the recognition
of Armenian genocide by the Parliament, Swedish Government said in
a statement, Turkish Zaman daily reports.

Turkey recalled its Ambassador from Stockholm and cancelled Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Sweden scheduled on March
17, after the adoption of Armenian Genocide Resolution by Swedish
Parliament.

As NEWS.am reported previously, majority of Swedish parliament voted
in favor of resolution describing the mass killings of Armenians and
other Christian minorities in modern Turkey by the end of World War
I as genocide. A number of conservative MPs voted for the resolution,
which resulted in motion passing by a casting vote-131 against 130.

A week ago U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted Armenian
Genocide Resolution Ankara withdrew Turkish Ambassador Namik Tan to
hold consultations.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress