Turkey's prime minister has rejected a European Parliament resolution calling on Ankara to recognise the mass killings of Armenians during the first world war as genocide.
| "Nope. Nope. Never happened. Wudn't us." |
"That resolution is not binding. It does not matter whether they took such a decision or not. We will continue on our way," private CNN-Turk television quoted Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying during a visit to Abu Dhabi. Turkey is scheduled to open accession talks with the EU on Monday. The EU lawmakers said in their resolution that recognition of the 1915-1923 killings as genocide should be a prerequisite for Turkey to join the European Union. Armenians across the world have been commemorating the anniversary of what they brand as genocide on 24 April each year. |