PROTOCOLS WITH ARMENIA TO BE RATIFIED AFTER KARABAKH OCCUPATION ENDS -TURKISH FM
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Dec 2 2009
Azerbaijan
Ahmet Davutoglu Ratification of the Armenian-Turkish protocols is
possibly only after the occupation of Azerbaijani lands by Armenia
ends: Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu.
Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu said during the meeting with his Azerbaijani
counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov in Athens Tuesday that the ratification
of the Armenian-Turkish protocols is possibly only after the occupation
of Azerbaijani lands by Armenia ends.
According to the news service for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry,
at the meeting held in Athens, Davutoghlu noted that there is a need
to continue Karabakh conflict settlement to ensure peace and security
in the region.
During the meeting the sides exchanged views in all directions
of bilateral relations. The sides touched upon regional issues,
normalization of the Turkish-Armenian relations, Karabakh problem
and situation in Afghanistan.
At the end of the meeting Davutoghlu invited Mammadyarov to pay an
official visit to Turkey. Azerbaijani minister accepted the invitation
and stressed he may pay a visit in the second half of December 2009.