Turkey will not send its ambassador back to Washington until the Obama administration and Congress make it clear that they will not judge Turkish history, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Tuesday, Public Radio of Armenia reported refering to the Washington Post.
The country recalled its envoy, Namik Tan, last month after the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed a resolution labeling 1915 incidents as genocide.
"We cannot accept the judgment of members of the foreign relations committee, who do not know anything about the history,’’ Davutoglu said in an interview in Ankara.
Davutoglu set two conditions for Tan’s return: The administration and Congress must show they will refrain from deciding what he called “our history,” and the countries “should agree to develop our strategic alliance,” he said.
Turkey’s government will wait to hear President Obama’s April 24 remarks, Davutoglu said.
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