Turkish President says resolution approved by Swedish Parliament has no credibility

Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Thursday that the resolution on Armenian allegations which was approved by Swedish Parliament did not have any credibility, Anadolu Agency reported.

Replying to questions on the resolution on Armenian allegations regarding 1915 incidents approved by Swedish parliament, Gul said, "all we know how such decisions are made. It does not have any credibility for us."

Those who made this decision and who voted in favor of the resolution were not historians, he said.

Swedish Parliament on Thursday approved a resolution on Armenian allegations regarding 1915 incidents.

The resolution including recognition of Armenian allegations was approved with 131 votes against 130.

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.


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