Anadolu Agency, Turkey
March 11 2010

Turkish ministry notes Catalonian leader’s apology for Armenian resolution

Ankara, 11 March: A spokesperson for the Turkish Ministry of Foreign
Affairs said on Thursday [11 March] that the head of the autonomous
administration of Catalonia had apologized to Turkey for the Catalan
parliament’s recent decision supporting the Armenian allegations on
the incidents of 1915.

Spokesperson Burak Ozugergin said that a parliamentary committee of
Spain’s autonomous Catalonia region had discussed a resolution on the
Armenian allegations on 26 February and later approved such resolution
on behalf of the regional parliament as a result of the support from
the committee’s local deputies.

Ozugergin said, upon such development, Turkey immediately expressed
its concerns to the Spanish government and Catalan officials, and
demanded for the remedy of such wrong decision.

"Spanish government said that such decision did not reflect Spain’s
view on the matter," Ozugergin said, adding that Jose Montilla,
president of the Government of Catalonia, also sent a letter to the
Turkish foreign minister to apologize on behalf of the Catalan
administration.

"Montilla expressed the irrelevance of the decision and confirmed the
importance he attached to the friendly relations with the Turkish
nation and government," Ozugergin said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress