Turkey expects compensation from SwedenMarch 14, 2010 - 17:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt phoned his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday to express his “deep sadness” over the resolution on the genocide of Armenians, Assyrians, Chaldeans and Pontiac Greeks adopted by the Swedish Parliament earlier this week with a vote 121-130. Mr. Erdogan said for his part that “history should not be politicized in parliaments.” “Turkey has opened all of its archives and these documents are ready for the close scrutiny of not only historians but also all global scholars and researchers. We have been extremely disappointed about the passage of the resolution. We expect the Swedish government to compensate the damage that the decision of the Swedish Parliament has caused,” the Turkish PM said, Today’s Zaman reported. Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. Partner news |