Turkey's leading opposition party requested on Monday a session of Parliament as part of the country's strategy to counter Armenian claims of genocide at the hands of Ottoman Turks in 1915.
The motion carried the signature of key members of the Republican People's Party, or CHP, Kemal Anadol, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and Hakkı Süha Okay.
The motion said the protocols signed on Oct. 10 between Turkey and Armenia created serious pitfalls for Turkey's national interest.
It recalled the Armenian "genocide" resolutions that were passed in the U.S. Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Swedish parliament and said the current situation would inevitably have destructive consequences on relations between Turkey and European Union countries.
“There is no advantage to keeping the protocols in Parliament but rather serious disadvantages," the motion read.
The motion also said the fact that the protocols are being held in Parliament after the passage of the resolution in the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs creates the wrong impression and invites pressure on Turkey.
Making it appear that the protocols will pass through Parliament will also not help prevent President Obama from using the word genocide on April 24, the motion said.
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