February 15, 2007 - 13:00 AMT
Turkey going to review relations with Argentina
Turkey has summoned its ambassador to Buenos Aires for consultations in Ankara in order to review bilateral relations with Argentina, which adopted a bill marking April 24 as The Action Day for Tolerance and Respect between Peoples for the Memory of the Armenian Genocide. In a written statement released yesterday, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Levent Bilman said Turkish Ambassador in Buenos Aires Hayri Hayret Yalav was summoned to the ministry for political consultations to determine what measures will be taken after the adoption of the bill. Turkey deplored and rejected the adoption of the bill by the Argentinean president, saying that it was unethical and far from being serious. Bilman said in the statement that the Turkish side expected the Argentinean government to seek ways to clarify the situation. At the ministry, Yalav informed Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül of the situation in detail, said the statement, reports the Turkish Daily News