Armenian Genocide: Lithuania Normalizes Cracked Relations with Turkey

PanARMENIAN.Net - Lithuania keeps on normalizing relations with Turkey that cracked after the adoption of the Armenian Genocide resolution by the Lithuanian Seimas and promises support on the way to the European Union, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus stated upon completion of the meeting with Turkish President Ahmet Necet Sezer in Ankara. "The resolution adopted by our Seimas will not introduce any changes into the policy of the Lithuanian foreign policy," he said. To remind, last summer the Lithuanian parliament passed a resolution calling upon Turkey to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide. Turkey's response was a political demarche. Lithuanian Ambassador Vytautas Nauduzas was invited to the Turkish Foreign Ministry and warned that the resolution will not have a positive impact on the Turkish-Lithuanian relations. "We agreed to avoid deeds that would damage the development of bilateral relations," the Turkish President stated at a briefing, reported Trend news agency.