The Swedish Parliament will hold a second vote on the Armenian Genocide resolution in 2011, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt stated in his March 25 interview with Turkish NTV.

It is wrong to adopt political decisions on the events which took place 100 years ago. What should be in question now is 2015, when Turkey may become a full-fledged EU member, rather than 1915, Bildt said.

He expressed a hope the resolution-complicated Turkish-Swedish relations will shortly be normalized. Minister Bildt gave assurances that that Sweden is a friendly state to Turkey, RIA Novosti reports.

On March 11 the Swedish Parliament approved an Armenian Genocide resolution. A week before, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs approved a similar resolution. Turkey recalled its Ambassadors to the U.S and Sweden in protest.

L.A.