Italian embassy in Turkey says it did not recognize Armenia claims

Italian Embassy in Ankara released a written statement and said a tv channel on Friday included Italy among countries which formally recognized Armenian allegations.

The embassy statement said the news report did not reflect the facts.

Swedish Parliament on Thursday approved a resolution on Armenian allegations regarding 1915 incidents with 131 votes against 130.

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs last Thursday approved the resolution on Armenian allegations.

Turkey strongly rejects the genocide allegations and regards the events as civil strife in wartime which claimed lives of many Turks and Armenians.

Turkey and Armenia signed two protocols on October 10, 2009 to normalize relations between the two countries. The protocols envisage the two countries to establish diplomatic ties and open the border that has been close since 1993.

Turkey and Armenia also agreed to take steps to operate a sub-commission on impartial scientific examination of the historical records and archive to define existing problems and formulate recommendations, in which Armenian, Turkish as well as Swiss and other international experts would take part.

However, on January 12, 2010, the Constitutional Court of Armenia declared a decision of constitutional conformity on the protocols. Turkey thought the fifth article of Armenian Constitutional Court's verdict regarding the protocols was against the target and basis of the protocols.


/World Bulletin/