Turkey’s response to Pope’s Armenian genocide remark unjustified – Italian FM
14.04.2015,
11:48
Turkey’s response to Pope Francis’ remark over the Armenian genocide is not justified, head of Italy’s foreign ministry Paolo Gentiloni said.
YEREVAN, April 14. /ARKA/. Turkey’s response to Pope Francis’ remark over the Armenian genocide is not justified, head of Italy’s foreign ministry Paolo Gentiloni said.
"The toughness of the Turkish tone does not seem justified, especially when taking into account the fact that 15 years ago, John Paul II had expressed similar remarks," Gentiloni said, as cited by Novosti-Armenia referring to RIA Novosti.
On Sunday the head of the Roman Catholic Church served a landmark mass in the Armenian Catholic rite in St. Peter’s Basilica. In his speech, Pope Francis used the world genocide in describing the mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey a century ago. The Pope’s statement provoked anger in Turkey. Turkey recalled the ambassador to the Vatican, and called the Vatican ambassador to the foreign ministry for consultation. –0--
