BLOCKING RATIFICATION OF PROTOCOLS, TURKEY WOULD VIOLATE ITS COMMITMENTS

PanARMENIAN.Net
14.01.2010 16:03 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia, like Turkey, undertook to ratify the
protocols on normalization of bilateral relations within reasonable
terms, Russia’s top diplomat said.

"The protocols were introduced in the Turkish parliament in October
2009. In Armenia, these were submitted to the Constitutional Court,"
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a joint news conference with
his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian.

"Blocking ratification of protocols, Turkey would violate its
commitment to ratify the documents within shortest terms and to
avoid creating artificial obstacles. The resolution of the Armenian
Constitutional Court is a signal for Turkey to take action.

The Protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of
the common border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich
by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish
counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of
diplomatic talks held through Swiss mediation.

On January 12, 2010, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of
Armenia found the protocols conformable to the country’s Organic Law.