Agos Weekly, Istanbul
March 12 2010

Turkey’s PM Erdogan cancels his visit to Stockholm after Sweden
endorses Armenian Genocide Resolution

Turkish media referred to the Armenian Genocide Resolution endorsement
by the Swedish parliament Thursday. Sweden’s parliament narrowly
approved a resolution Thursday recognizing the 1915 mass killing of
Armenians in Turkey as Genocide in a 131-130 vote, Hurriyet says. The
measure passed with a one-vote margin in a decision that came a week
after a U.S. congressional committee approved a similar resolution
March 4, the paper writes.

The only European state giving full support for Turkey’s EU bid,
Sweden, approved a resolution recognizing the 1915 mass killing of
Armenians in Turkey as Genocide, the source reads further.

The resolution also recognized as Genocide the killings of Assyrians,
Pontian Greeks and Celts carried out by the Turkish.

Following the resolution approval, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan canceled his visit to Stockholm. Ankara recalled its
Ambassador to Sweden Zergun Koruturk immediately after the vote.

`Turkey-Sweden Summit on March 17, 2010 and Erdogan’s visit to Sweden
have been canceled. Turkish Ambassador to Stockholm Zergun Koruturk
was recalled to Ankara for consultations,’ the Turkish government said
in a statement.

Replying to questions on the Armenian Genocide Resolution approved by
the Swedish Parliament, Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul said: `All we
know how such decisions are made.’
From: Baghdasarian