The fact is all those who voted against the motion did not claim nor say that the genocide did not happen. All of them were saying yes the genocide took place, however a majority of them said we need to be loyal to the Coalition Government's decision and others were fearing a yes vote would jeopardize the relations with Turkey. Volkan Kemal, in the Adsiz Vesaire blog, tells us that the result caused distress over the Turkish government and even among some Swedish ministers:
El primer ministre turc, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, va advertir ahir en una entrevista al servei turc de la BBC que podria decidir deportar els 100.000 armenis que, segons ell, resideixen il·legalment a Turquia.