(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Turkey has summoned its ambassador to Austria hours after the Austrian Parliament described the 1915 events as "genocide," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. "The Austrian parliament's declaration has created great indignation at our side," the statement quoted by Anadolu News said.
"(It) is obvious that this will leave lasting negative marks over Turkey-Austria friendship and relations." The ministry also said that Turkey's views over the issue had been conveyed to the Austrian ambassador to Ankara, and that Turkey's Ambassador to Vienna Hasan Gogus was recalled to Ankara for consultations.
"The Austrian parliament, contrary to the law and historic facts, has no authority to attribute offense to the Turkish nation," the statement said, adding that "it should be known that this slander thrown at Turkey and at Turkish nation's history will not be forgotten."
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