Turkish Foreign Ministry conveyed Turkey's uneasiness to Swedish Ambassador in Ankara Christer Asp after Sweden's parliament approved a resolution in support of the Armenian allegations on the incidents of 1915.
The ministry strongly condemned the decision and asked Sweden to take serious steps which would compensate this decision.
The ministry officials told Asp that the decision might seriously harm the relations between Turkey and Sweden which had been developing in the recent period.
Officials told Asp that the decision was made according to several political interests on the eve of elections which would take place in Sweden in September 2010.
Officials said that the mission of parliaments and politicians was not making judgements about history, and Turkey had always been exerting efforts for creation of a joint committee of historians to discuss the matter.
Asp told Turkish officials that Sweden did not want any deterioration of its relations with Turkey, and that Sweden was sorry over the decision.
Asp also said that the resolution had been previously debated in Foreign Affairs Committee and had not been approved, however, the parliament made a decision contrary to the committee's.
Asp stressed that the decision of the parliament was not binding, it was only a recommendatory decision, adding that Swedish government would not rely on this decision.
The Swedish parliament on Thursday adopted 131 to 130 the resolution just days after a US House panel passed a similar bill, raising concerns that it could jeopardize a rapprochement process between Turkey and Armenia as the two had signed protocols to normalize relations and open their border.
Turkey recalled its ambassador in Stockholm Zergün Korutürk to Ankara for consultations. Koruturk is expected to arrive in Turkey on Friday.
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