TURKEY WILL WAIT TO HEAR FROM OBAMA BEFORE RETURNING AMBASSADOR

Armradio.am
24.03.2010 13:57

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 reports.

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.

Turkey’s government will wait to hear President Obama’s April 24
remarks, Davutoglu said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress