BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 13
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
US Ambassador to Ankara David Satterfield has been summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry in connection with the adoption of a resolution in the US Senate recognizing the so-called Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, Trend reports referring to Turkish media Dec. 13.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry expressed protest to the ambassador in connection with the adoption of the resolution.
On Dec. 12, US senators unanimously adopted a resolution recognizing the so-called Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
Turkish Foreign Ministry condemned the resolution.
"The adoption by the US Senate of the resolution on the so-called Armenian genocide is a shameful example of how history can be politicized," reads the statement of the Foreign Ministry.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of Turkey, the Ottoman Empire, committed the so-called genocide in 1915 against Armenians living in Anatolia.
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