Turkey will return European Parliament’s report because of reference to the resolution on the 1915 events, EU Affairs Minister Volkan Bozkır told reporters.
He said Ankara does not accept the report that is the most “unfortunate” decision by the European Parliament, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
A reference to a resolution on the events of 1915 was added to EP’s Turkey Progress Report at the last minute, the Minister said.
“On the grounds of this reference, we find this report unacceptable. It will be returned back to EP by our Permanent Rep to the EU in Brussels,” Bozkir stated, adding that Turkey “never accepted and will never accept that the events of 1915 be named as genocide.”
European Parliament members have adopted a resolution commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide with majority of votes in April.