TURKISH MP DIDN’T VOTE ON SWEDISH PARLIAMENT GENOCIDE RESOLUTION

Tert.am
13:38 ~U 12.03.10

Green (or Environmental) Party member of Swedish parliament (Riksdag)
Mehmet Kaplan, who is of Turkish descent, left the hall during the
March 11 vote on the Armenian Genocide Resolution.

According to Turkish news source Today’s Zaman, Kaplan said the
resolution could obstruct the recent developments in Turkey and called
on parliamentarians to vote against the resolution.

However, Turkish daily Milliyet reported that if Kaplan had not left
the room, had instead stayed and voted "no," perhaps the resolution
wouldn’t have been approved – especially since the resolution was
approved with 131 in favour and 130 against.