Swedish Government considers incorrect the adoption of Armenian Genocide Resolution by the Parliament. According to it, the resolution passed by a casting vote-131 against 130 is wrong and politicizes the history.

The executive branch took effective steps to prevent the recognition of Armenian genocide by the Parliament, Swedish Government said in a statement, Turkish Zaman daily reports.

Turkey recalled its Ambassador from Stockholm and cancelled Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Sweden scheduled on March 17, after the adoption of Armenian Genocide Resolution by Swedish Parliament.

As NEWS.am reported previously, majority of Swedish parliament voted in favor of resolution describing the mass killings of Armenians and other Christian minorities in modern Turkey by the end of World War I as genocide. A number of conservative MPs voted for the resolution, which resulted in motion passing by a casting vote-131 against 130.

A week ago U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted Armenian Genocide Resolution Ankara withdrew Turkish Ambassador Namik Tan to hold consultations.

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