PROTOCOLS’ SIGNING NEITHER CONFIRMED NOR REFUTED

Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
Sept 21 2009
Armenia

RA Foreign Ministry neither confirms, nor refutes information spread by
Turkish mass media about the possibility of Armenia-Turkey Protocols’
signing on October 12, 2009.

"Foreign Ministry will inform mass media about the issues related
to Protocols in due form," Tigran Balayan Foreign Ministry Press
Secretary told NEWS.am.

Today Turkish Hurriyet daily spread information about Turkey’s
readiness to sign the Armenia-Turkey Protocols at latest October
12. According to the daily, Protocols will be signed by both countries’
Foreign Ministers Edward Nalbandyan and Ahmet Davutoglu in Bern,
Switzerland, as this country is a mediator in the negotiations.

As to the meetings’ agenda of RA Foreign Minister in the framework
of UN General Assembly Session in New York, Balayan said it was not
confirmed yet. Edward Nalbandyan will be in New York September 26-29.