{"id":18188,"date":"2010-04-02T22:24:54","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T20:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=18188"},"modified":"2023-04-06T15:51:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T12:51:23","slug":"erdogan-says-going-to-u-s-sending-back-turkish-envoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2010\/04\/02\/erdogan-says-going-to-u-s-sending-back-turkish-envoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Erdogan Says Going To U.S., Sending Back Turkish Envoy"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"Saudi Arabia — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a press conference in Jeddah, 20Jan2010<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
02.04.2010<\/div>\n
(Reuters<\/strong>, RFE\/RL<\/strong>) – Turkey said on Friday that it is sending its ambassador back to Washington, a month after he was recalled to protest against a U.S. congressional committee recognizing as genocide the World War One massacres of Armenians in Turkey. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan also confirmed that he will attend an international unclear summit to be hosted by President Barack Obama in Washington on April 12-13.<\/p>\n

\u201cI received an invitation five, six months ago, to attend an international event that other countries will also be attending and serves a good cause, to prevent the use and spreading of nuclear weapons. I will be going to the United States,\u201d Erdogan told journalists. “My ambassador Namik Tan will be going back to Washington before my visit,” he said.<\/p>\n

Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian will also take part in the summit. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton invited him to Washington during a telephone call on March 12 that appeared to have centered on Armenia\u2019s stalled rapprochement with Turkey.<\/p>\n

Clinton phoned Sarkisian the day after he suggested that Turkey will not unconditionally normalize relations with Armenia anytime soon and again threatened to annul the U.S.-brokered protocols signed by the two nations in October. Some observers say the Obama administration will use the Washington forum for a last-ditch attempt to salvage the agreements.<\/p>\n

It is not yet clear whether the U.S. president will meet Sarkisian and Erdogan on the sidelines of the summit. A spokesman for Sarkisian told RFE\/RL\u2019s Armenian service earlier this week that the Armenian leader may hold meetings with \u201cvarious participants\u201d of the two-day gathering. A senior member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) said on Friday that a meeting between Sarkisian and Erdogan is \u201cvery possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ankara recalled its ambassador to Washington immediately after Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approved on March 4 a resolution urging Obama to \u201caccurately characterize the systematic and deliberate annihilation of 1,500,000 Armenians as genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a telephone call with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu last Sunday, Clinton assured Turkey that the White House opposes further progress of the congressional resolution. It is uncertain whether the resolution will go to a vote of the full House of Representatives or whether it could pass.<\/p>\n

AFP news agency quoted Davutoglu as saying on Thursday that Washington has conveyed \u201cincreasing messages easing our concerns and meeting our expectations … and [showing] that the strategic dimension of Turkish-U.S. relations is being understood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erdogan likewise spoke of \u201cpositive developments\u201d in Turkish-American contacts. \u201cI hope these positive developments will continue also in April,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

It was an apparent reference to Obama\u2019s statement due on the April 24 anniversary of the start of mass killings and deportations of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. Ankara hopes that Obama will again refrain from using the word \u201cgenocide\u201d to describe the events of 1915-1918.<\/p>\n

The United States is keen to smooth over relations with Turkey, NATO’s only Muslim member, and a key ally in trouble spots from Afghanistan to the Middle East. Washington is seeking to convince Turkey, a non-permanent member of the Security Council, to support a fourth round of U.N. economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, while Erdogan has spoken against the use of sanctions.<\/p><\/div>\n

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