Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement in connection with the recent remarks of Pope Francis on the Armenian Genocide.

“What is required from the papacy is to contribute to world peace under the responsibility of the spiritual post it assumes instead of picking out hostilities from history,” Today’s Zaman quotes the statement which also called Pope’s remark “one-sided.”

Earlier Pope Francis expressed willingness to visit Armenia on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in 2015 and hold a religious ceremony there.

The statement issued by Turkish MFA said Antonio Lucibello, the Vatican ambassador in Ankara, had been summoned to the Foreign Ministry last week.