Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that Turkey would not send back its ambassador to US before seeing clear results, the Anadolu news agency reported.
According to the report, Erdogan told reporters in Riyadh that Turkey is concerned about the US adoption of a resolution labeling the incidents of 1915 as “genocide,” adding that the US was a strategic ally and partner of Turkey.
Attitude of the US in the next period was very important, Erdogan said, adding that he did not believe the US would sacrifice its strategic partner for simple political discussions.
On March 4, Turkey temporarily recalled its ambassador in Washington D.C. Namik Tan minutes after a US congressional panel approved a resolution concerning Turkey.
The resolution on Armenian allegations related to the incidents of 1915 was adopted at the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs in a voting of 23-22.
Turkey and Armenia signed two protocols last October to normalize relations; however, parliaments of the two countries have not passed them yet.
Turkey strongly rejects genocide allegations and regards the events as civil strife in wartime which claimed lives of many Turks and Armenians.
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