Montreal Gazette , QC, Canada
April 24 2010
Turkey ups the ante on U.S. genocide stance
March 10, 2010 The U.S. was reminded Tuesday why it doesn’t have the
latitude enjoyed by countries like France, Germany and Canada to
denounce the almost century-old atrocities committed by the old
Ottoman Empire against Armenians.
Turkey, which last week withdrew its ambassador to Washington to
protest a congressional bid to declare the First World War-era
persecution by Ottoman Turks of Armenians a genocide, issued a
statement aimed at heightening the pressure to block the move.
"We will not send our ambassador back unless we get a clear sign on
the outcome of the situation regarding the Armenian bill," Prime
Minister Tayyip Erdogan said.
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