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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Sweden regrets parliament vote on Armenian 'genocide'

"Sweden regrets parliament vote on Armenian 'genocide'

Sweden's foreign minister deplored Saturday a vote by his country's parliament branding the events of 1915 as genocide as counterproductive.

"It's regrettable because the politisation of history serves no useful purpose," Carl Bildt told journalists on the fringes of a meeting of European foreign ministers in Finland."

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