Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Turkey hits US business after ‘genocide’ vote

"Turkey hits US business after ‘genocide’ vote

By Delphine Strauss in Ankara

Published: March 23 2010 23:50 | Last updated: March 23 2010 23:50

Turkey has frozen its efforts to strengthen defence, energy and trade ties with the US after a congressional panel labelled the Ottoman-era killing of Armenians as “genocide”, according to the country’s minister for foreign trade."

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