Turkey's ministry of foreign affairs condemned Monday an Argentine local court's recent decision on incidents of 1915.
Replying to a question, Spokesperson Selcuk Unal for Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that a local court in Argentina, which had assessed a case filed in 2001 by an Armenian-origin individual, had ruled last week in favor of the Armenian allegations on 1915 incidents.
"We condemn and reject this unserious decision which was taken by disregarding the universal principles of law and ignoring international agreements or making unlawful interpretations on them," Unal said.
Unal noted that the ruling, which was not based on any serious grounds, was a disappointing decision for the Argentine legal system.
He said the ruling was also against the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of genocide.
The spokesperson said such a decision clearly did not contribute to efforts aiming at normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia either.
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