«The Europarliament Resolution is not obligatory,» Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated, when commenting the EP passage of a resolution providing for recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Ankara as a «compulsory condition» for Turkey's EU accession. «No matter what a resolution they have passed, we will not surrender our position,» the Turkish PM said. It should be reminded that the resolution «gave OK» to the launching of the talks on Turkey's accession to the EU October 3. It should also be noted that the resolution was passed with 356 MPs for, 181 against, and 125 abstained.