Scandal in Kiev: Erdogan refuses to visit Holodomor victims memorial

Scandal in Kiev: Erdogan refuses to visit Holodomor victims memorial

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayipp Erdogan’s visit to Kiev was complicated with a conflict between the two countries’ protocols services. Turkish party refused pointblank to satisfy the demand of Ukraine to visit a memorial to Holodomor victims, an obligatory procedure for all official visits.

The reaction of Ukraine’s guests was predictable. Turkey, accused of being 1915 Armenian Genocide perpetrator, has a painful reaction to similar historic events in other countries. “Victor Yushenko’s request for Turkey to recognize 1930 Holodomor as genocide considerably aggravated bilateral relations,” Kommercant Ukraine cited a local diplomat as saying.

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