Posted on 04/23/2015 6:58:40 AM PDT by markomalley
Austrian lawmakers' decision to condemn as "genocide" the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I will have "unfavourable repercussions" on Turkish-Austrian relations, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday.
"The adoption of this declaration will inevitably have unfavourable repercussions on bilateral relations," he told his Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz by telephone, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Turkey on Wednesday recalled its ambassador to Austria over the lawmakers' condemnation.
Earlier Wednesday, the leaders of Austria's six major parties issued a statement recognising the killings for the first time as "genocide" and calling on Turkey to take responsibility for its role in the mass murders.
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Hats off to Austria for doing something right.
Of course the Austro-Hungarian Empire was a Turkish ally at the time...
Yes, but today’s Austrians remember the seige of Vienna...
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