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Turkish Ambassador: Sweden Is Aware Of Its Wrong Step By Accepting Armenian Allegations

06 July 2010 03:34 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Turkish Ambassador in Stockholm Zergun Koruturk said that Sweden was aware of its wrong step by accepting Armenian allegations regarding 1915 incidents with a parliamentary resolution on March 11, APA reports quoting turkishny.com web-page.
In March, Swedish Parliament approved a resolution on Armenian allegations regarding 1915 incidents 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.
Speaking to A.A on Sunday, Koruturk reminded that she was recalled to Turkey after Sweden’s parliament approved a resolution in support of the Armenian allegations on the incidents of 1915, and then returned to her mission three weeks later, adding that there was an uneasiness on every level of Swedish government regarding the decision.
Noting that Swedish premier assured that the resolution would not be put into effect, Koruturk said that Swedish foreign minister shared uneasiness about the issue too.
Koruturk said that she met twice with Mona Sahlin, leader of opposition Social Democrat Party which supported and carried the Armenian allegations to Swedish Parliament. Koruturk added, "Sahlin told me that when they came into rule, they would not carry the decision further, and they would not allow Turkish-Swedish relations to be harmed."
Meanwhile, Turkey is now on the top of the list of Swedish tourists who previously preferred to visit Spain. Swedish tourists prefer mostly to visit Turkey’s southern province of Antalya and its town Alanya.
The number of Swedish tourists who visited Turkey reached 103,000 between January and May, 2010.