IF ARMENIA FULFILS ITS OBLIGATIONS, RELATIONS WITH TURKEY WILL BE EXAMPLE FOR WORLD: TURKISH FM

Trend
Oct 21 2009
Azerbaijan

If Armenia fulfills its obligations, the relationship between the
two countries will become a global example, said Turkish Foreign
Minister, making a speech before the members of the Turkish Grand
National Assembly, who will discuss the Turkish-Armenian protocol
today, TRT 2 television channel reported.

Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers Ahmet Davutoglu and Edward
Nalbandian signed the protocols Ankara-Yerevan in Zurich on October 10.

Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey have been broken due
to Armenia’s claims of an alleged genocide, and its occupation of
Azerbaijani lands. The border between them has been broken since 1993.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan
lost all of Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojali in December
1991. In 1992-93, Armenian armed forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and 7
districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed
a ceasefire in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia,
France, and the U.S. – are currently holding the peace negotiations.