TURKISH SIDE’S CUNNING STEP FELL THROUGH IN ZURICH
PanARMENIAN.Net
13.10.2009 13:33 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Comparing the information of various sources,
I can say that delay in Protocol signing was caused by attempts to
introduce in Turkish side’s statement certain elements concerning
Karabakh conflict," Turkish studies expert Ruben Melkonyan told a news
conference in Yerevan. In his words, the text of Turkish FM’s statement
did not contain a direct hint at Karabakh but it was unacceptable to
Armenia. Expert believes this to be a cunning step by Turkey, which,
however, fell through.
On October 10, Armenian and Turkish Foreign Ministers Edward
Nalbandyan and Ahmet Davutoglu met in Zuirich to sign bilateral
Protocols initialed on August 31. The ceremony took place in presence
of Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey, U.S. Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner,
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier
Solana, Armenia’s Ambassador to Switzerland Charles Aznavour, Turkey’s
Ambassador to Switzerland Oguz Demiral and Slovenia’s Foreign Minister,
Chair of CoE Committee of Ministers Samuel Zbogar.