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Turkish ambassador to Sweden recalled over Armenian genocide vote

12 March 2010 17:06 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Turkey has withdrawn its ambassador to Sweden after the Swedish parliament voted narrowly to describe the killing of Armenians in World War I as genocide, APA reports quoting Turkish press.
With 131 votes in favour, and 130 against, Swedish MPs adopted a resolution about Armenians, Assyrians, Syriacs, Chaldeans and Pontic Greeks suffering "genocide" in 1915 in the Ottoman Empire.
The Turkish government condemned the resolution, saying it was "based upon major errors and without foundation".
The Swedish government was against the oppositionâ€™s resolution but it passed by one vote after some MPs defied party lines.
It comes days after a US congressional panel passed a similar resolution. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan cancelled a visit to Stockholm scheduled for next week and criticised the vote.
"Our people and our government reject this decision based upon major errors and without foundation".