Turkey will push on with efforts to normalise ties with Armenia despite a US congressional panel vote terming a 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide.
'We are determined to press ahead with normalisation of relations with Armenia,' Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
However, he said parliamentary ratification of peace accords with Armenia were at risk. Turkey and Armenia last year signed an historic deal to open their border.
The deal, seen as crucial to obtaining long term peace in the south Caucasus region, has to be ratified by parliaments in Ankara and Yerevan.
The US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday approved the non-binding resolution, prompting Turkey to recall its ambassador from Washington.
US President Barack Obama's administration, concerned the resolution would hurt US-Turkish ties, had made a last-minute appeal against the measure.
Turkey reacted angrily to the panel's resolution, although it was unclear whether the bill will be considered by the full House at all.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan warned yesterday of possible damage to Turkey-US ties, which could undermine Mr Obama's stated goal of building a 'strategic partnership' with Turkey.
US-Turkish ties were already being tested as Washington seeks to convince Ankara to back sanctions against Iran.
Asked if Turkey was considering retaliatory steps against the US or US policy in areas such as Afghanistan, Mr Davutoglu said: 'This is a matter of national pride for us.
'We will speak with our president and our prime minister but it is too early to talk about specific measures.'
Turkey accepts that many Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turks but denies that up to 1.5m died and that it amounted to genocide.
