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Turkey Sets Conditions For Sending Ambassador Back To U.S.

TURKEY SETS CONDITIONS FOR SENDING AMBASSADOR BACK TO U.S.

ArmInfo
2010-03-24 12:14:00

ArmInfo. Turkey will not send its ambassador back to Washington until
the Obama administration and Congress make it clear that they will
not judge Turkish history, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
said Tuesday.

The Washington Post reported that the country recalled its envoy,
Namik Tan, last month after the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed
a resolution labeling Turkey’s killings of 1.5 million Armenians in
1915 as genocide.

"We cannot accept the judgment of members of the foreign relations
committee, who do not know anything about the history," Davutoglu
said in an interview in Ankara.

Davutoglu set two conditions for Tan’s return: The administration
and Congress must show they will refrain from deciding what he called
"our history," and the countries "should agree to develop our strategic
alliance," he said.

Turkish officials are waiting to see how Obama will phrase a statement
April 24, the anniversary of the start of the massacre.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS
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