Ankara cancels meeting of EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee

Ankara has cancelled the subsequent meeting of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee since the agenda included discussions on the Armenian Genocide, as “Yerkirmedia” reports.

The meeting was supposed to be held in Istanbul on 18-19 February. Hurriyet reports that Turkey had warned Brussels that it would refuse to hold the meeting if such an issue was included in the agenda. No further details are reported.

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