ARMENIAN RESOLUTION NOT TO AFFECT TURKEY-SWEDEN RELATIONS: SWEDISH PM
news.am
March 15 2010
Armenia
Sweden will not allow the resolution on recognition of Armenian
Genocide to have a negative impact on Turkey-Sweden relations, Swedish
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said in the course of telephone
conversation with his Turkish Counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
TRT reports.
Reinfeldt expressed regret over the adoption of the resolution,
emphasizing that Sweden will continue to support Turkey in all issues,
including Turkey’s EU accession bid.
Parliaments cannot rewrite history, Erdogan noted adding that Turkey
provided historical archives to all scholars, firstly historians for
scientific researches.
According to him, such political initiatives result from ignorance
and prejudices and cripple historical and scientific studies, as well
as Turkey’s comprehensive efforts to establish peace in the region.