TURKISH ARMY WORRIED ABOUT ‘ARMENIAN GENOCIDE’ TALKS

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March 16 2010
Azerbaijan

Talks about the so-called "Armenian Genocide" in parliaments worldwide
is a serious matter, Turkish Chief of General Staff Ilker Bashbug
was quoted as saying by CNN Turk.

Turkey is sensitive to this kind of decision, he said at a news
conference today.

A week after the adoption of a resolution on the "Armenian Genocide"
by a U.S. House committee, the Swedish parliament approved a document
recognizing the so-called "genocide"by a margin of one vote.

As a sign of protest against the adoption of the resolution, Ankara
recalled its envoys from these countries.

Bashbug said the Turkish army fully supports Ankara’s diplomatic
stepsagainst these two countries.

"The Turkish army, as well as the Turkish Foreign Ministry, is very
concerned about this issue," he said.

Officials of the U.S. State Department and the Swedish government
called the parliament’s decision to approve the resolution on the
"genocide" a mistake.