Blowback On The U.S. Congressional Vote On The Armenian Genocide

Turkey Says U.S. Genocide Vote Endangers Caucasus Peace -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Turkey said on Friday chances of its parliament ratifying peace protocols with Armenia were jeopardized by a U.S. congressional panel vote that labeled as "genocide" the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915.

Turkey and its fellow Muslim ally, Azerbaijan, saw the U.S. vote undermining efforts to stabilize the South Caucasus, a volatile region with pipelines taking oil and gas to the West.

"This decision will not bring peace to the Caucasus," Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a news conference hours after Turkey recalled its ambassador from Washington.

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Ottoman soldiers pose in front of hanged Armenians in Alep in 1915.
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

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