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Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan was asked at joint news conference with president of Poland Donald Tusk, who pays official visit to Turkey, if the senior diplomats have discussed issues related to massacre of Armenians (without using Genocide) and Turkey’s membership to European Union.

According to Turkish “Son Dakika” news web site, Erdogan said the conditions raised for the EU membership don’t includes anything about Armenian massacres, hence there can’t be answer to a thing that doesn’t exist.

“It would be useful if the issue was discussed in justified and scientific discussions. I don’t treat it right to give political coloring to it. Those who are unaware of the issue vote for that resolution in their parliaments, including US,” Turkish PM said.

On April 19, 2005 Sejm of Poland recognize Armenian Genocide.

Panorama.am recalls that Turkey has traditionally rejected the mass killings of 1,5 million Armenians carried out early in the 20th century and took the criticism of the West painfully. The Armenian Genocide has been recognized by lots of states. It was first recognized by Uruguay in 1965. Later Russia, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina and the US 42 states did the same. The Armenian Genocide has been recognized also by Vatican, the Council of Europe, the World Council of Churches.