Turkish minister cancels trip to US

ANKARA - Turkish State Minister Zafer Caglayan cancelled his trip to the United States in response to the US House of Representatives' adoption of a resolution labelling the incidents of 1915 as "genocide," local Daily News reported on its website this week.

Caglayan, who is in charge of foreign trade, was scheduled to depart for the US on March 19 with a large business delegation, according to the report.

The decision was made Monday during a meeting with the Turkish ambassador to Washington Namik Tan, who had earlier been recalled in a show of protest.