Turkey says Catalonia apologized for Armenia vote

A spokesperson for the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday that the head of the autonomous administration of Catalonia had apologized to Turkey for the Catalan parliament's recent decision supporting the Armenian allegations on the incidents of 1915.

Spokesperson Burak Ozugergin said that a parliamentary committee of Spain's autonomous Catalonia region had discussed a resolution on the Armenian allegations on February 26, and later approved such resolution on behalf of the regional parliament as a result of the support from the committee's local deputies.

Ozugergin said, upon such development, Turkey immediately expressed its concerns to the Spanish government and Catalan officials, and demanded for the remedy of such wrong decision.

"Spanish government said that such decision did not reflect Spain's view on the matter," Ozugergin said, adding that Jose Montilla, President of the Government of Catalonia, also sent a letter to the Turkish foreign minister to apologize on behalf of the Catalan administration.

"Montilla expressed the irrelevance of the decision and confirmed the importance he attached to the friendly relations with the Turkish nation and government," Ozugergin said.


/World Bulletin/