Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on on Monday that Turkey would not bow down to pressure over relations with Armenia.
He was speaking after a US House panel adopted a resolution describing as ’genocide’ the tragic events of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire.
’We will maintain our peaceful perspective but we will not let anyone put pressure on Turkey over issues on which we can give no concessions. We hope our counterparts on this issue have received the message,’ Davutoglu told reporters at a joint press conference with his Mauritanian counterpart, Naha Mint Mouknass, in the capital Ankara.
The US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday adopted the resolution with 23 votes for 22 against, raising concerns that approval in the House might hurt rapprochement between Ankara and Yerevan, which recently signed protocols to open their border and resume diplomatic relations.
Turkey recalled its US ambassador, Namik Tan, to Ankara for consultations shortly after the House panel vote.
Davutoglu said he had met Tan and that their consultations would continue for some time.
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