Turkey recalled its Ambassador Namik Tan from the U.S. after the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 4 passed the H.252 resolution recognizing killings of 1.5 Armenians in Ottoman Empire in 1915 as Armenian Genocide.

“We cannot accept the judgment of members of the foreign relations committee, who do not know anything about the history,” Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Tuesday, The Washington Post reports.

According to the source, Davutoglu also stated that Turkey will not send back its Ambassador until Obama administration and Congress fulfill two conditions: stop judging “our history” and “agree to develop our strategic alliance.”

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