Turkey Responds to Resolution’s Approval by Sweden's Parliament

Turkey says is recalling its Ambassador to Sweden for consultations, following the Swedish Parliament’s approval of the Resolution, declaring the 1915 mass killings of Armenians by Turks as Genocide. The Turkey-Sweden summit, scheduled to be held on March 17, is canceled.

“We strongly condemn this resolution, which is made for political calculations. It does not correspond to the close friendship of our two nations. We are recalling our ambassador for consultations," Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement, released on his website.

"We are cancelling the Turkey-Sweden summit of March 17," the statement added.

It’s worth mentioning that earlier Turkey has recalled its Ambassador to the U.S. for consultations, following the House of the U.S. Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee’s approval of the Resolution 252 branding the WW1 mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as Genocide.

Turkey traditionally denies mass killings, deportations, executions, starvations and other means against the Armenian population that resulted in more than 1,5 million deaths among the Armenians. The 1915 Genocide, committed by Turks against Armenians is recognized by Uruguay (recognized and condemned earliest, in 1965), Russia, France, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Chile, Argentina, and 42 States of America; by Vatican, the European Parliament, and the World Council of Churches.