Agos Weekly, Istanbul
March 12 2010
Turkey’s Gul offended Swedish PM-s adopted Armenian Genocide Resolution
Turkey’s Abdullah Gul talked to the reporters after his meeting with a
group of businessmen. To the question how he would comment on Swedish
Parliament’s decision of adopting the Armenian genocide, he said: `We
perfectly know how such decisions are adopted. Those are treatments
with disregard towards us.’
Underscoring that those who made such decisions aren’t historians,
Turkish President said:
`I would like to repeat my point of view stated when US Congress
adopted the resolution. If you ask them they can’t say even three
words. They are people with very little motivations.’
Panorama.am recalls that Turkey has traditionally rejected the mass
killings of 1,5 million Armenians carried out early in the 20th
century and took the criticism of the West painfully. The Armenian
Genocide has been recognized by lots of states. It was first
recognized by Uruguay in 1965. Later Russia, France, Italy, the
Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden,
Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina and
the US 42 states did the same. The Armenian Genocide has been
recognized also by Vatican, the Council of Europe, the World Council
of Churches.