news.am, Armenia
March 13 2010

We cannot accept decisions on historical events by Parliaments: Davutoglu

12:59 / 03/13/2010Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met his
Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt within the framework of the unofficial
meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Finland. The officials spoke of the
approval of the Armenian Genocide Resolution by Swedish Parliament.

After the meeting Davutoglu answered journalists’ questions, Turkish
Vatan newspaper reports. `In our opinion such decision is incorrect.
We cannot accept such decisions on historical events by Parliaments.
We did not expect such a decision from the akin Parliament. I conveyed
our expectations of Sweden to Mr. Bildt,’ he noted.

Asked about the measures Turkey might take in case of Armenian
Genocide recognition by other European Parliaments, Turkish FM
replied: `Turkey will take a tougher line. The decisions both by U.S.
and Sweden are unserious. Obviously, some diplomatic circles wish to
take revenge on Turkey. Mr. Bildt also shared this viewpoint.’

L.A.