Turkey on Wednesday strongly condemned Austria for recognizing the 1915 Armenian genocide and urged Germany, another First World War-era ally of the Ottoman Empire, not to do the same this week.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry said it summoned the Austrian ambassador in Ankara and told him that a corresponding declaration adopted by the Austrian parliament “will leave permanent stains on Turkish-Austrian friendship.” It also announced that the Turkish ambassador in Vienna has been recalled “for consultations.”
“It should be known that Turkey and the Turkish nation will not forget this slander uttered against their history,” the ministry said in a statement issued in response to the declaration. “It seems that Austria, with whom we fought on the same side during World War I … has also fallen prey to the efforts of some circles bent on manipulating perceptions, in complete insistence in ignoring the humanitarian and concrete initiatives of Turkey.”
Armenian News
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