As they get set to deliberate over a national day of remembrance for the deaths of Armenians during the Ottoman era, Ankara is watching lawmakers in London.

After Swedish lawmakers narrowly approved a resolution describing the killing of Armenians in World War I as genocide, Turkey pulled its ambassador to Sweden last week. The Turkish envoy to Washington was recalled when a similar measure narrowly passed March 4 in the U. S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs.

A measure is on its way to the British Parliament that if adopted would set aside an "Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day." British lawmakers are to review a draft of the measure this month.

There was "no chance" the measure would pass, Nilgun Canver, a council member in the London Borough of Haringey, told Turkey's English-language daily newspaper Hurriyet.

Optimism regarding the U. S. measure, citing a last ditch-appeal to shoot down the non-binding resolution by U. S. Security of State Hillary Clinton, was expressed by Ankara . The measure passed on a 23-22 vote.

Turkey has said there was no systematic attempt to wipe out the Christian Armenian people in 1915, though Armenia wants Turkey to recognize the killings as genocide. (With Input from Agencies)