news.am, Armenia
March 13 2010

Turkish Ambassador to Sweden returned to Istanbul

13:50 / 03/13/2010Turkish Ambassador to Sweden Zergun Koruturk
recalled after the adoption of Armenian Genocide Resolution by Swedish
Parliament arrived in Turkey.

The decision of Swedish Parliament is unfounded and will have drastic
effects, Koruturk stated in Istanbul.

`I assume this process is provoked by the pre-election sentiments,’
the Ambassador said recalling impending elections in Sweden to be held
in September.

According to her, she was withdrawn to Ankara soon after the motion approval.

As NEWS.am reported previously, March 11, majority of Swedish
parliament voted in favor of resolution describing the mass killings
of Armenians and other Christian minorities in modern Turkey by the
end of World War I as Genocide. The Swedish resolution passed by a
casting vote, with 131 against 130.

As a sign of protest, Turkish Government recalled its Ambassador from
Stockholm and cancelled Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to
Sweden scheduled on March 17.

L.A.