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Swedish Prime Minister sued for apology to Turkey

17 March 2010 04:47 (UTC +04:00)

Upon Swedish parliamentâ€™s approval, by a vote of 131-130, the resolution on made-up â€œArmenian genocideâ€, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt reportedly called his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and said he had been upset by the vote that could affect relationships between Turkey and Sweden, APA reports quoting haberler.com web-page.

In addition, Swedish PM Fredrik Reinfeldt said that he disagreed with the resolution. Reinfeldt told Erdogan Sweden would continue to back Turkey’s EU bid.

Reinfeldtâ€™s phone call to Erdogan caused for the outrage of Svend Erik Ã–sterberg who represents Social Democratic Party of Sweden.

â€œReinfeldtâ€™s apology to Erdogan contradicts both to the decision of the parliament and Swedish laws. Prime Ministerâ€™s behavior means that the government acts against peopleâ€™s decision. For this purpose, we have already sued Fredrik Reinfeldtâ€, - Svend Erik Ã–sterberg said.