Trend, Azerbaijan
Jan 16 2010

Launching discussions over Ankara-Yerevan protocols now is
insignificant: Turkish official

16.01.2010 11:00

Launching discussions over the Ankara-Yerevan protocols now is of no
consequence, Turkish Parliamentary Foreign Relations Commission
Chairman Murad Mercan was quoted as saying by the Turkish Zaman
newspaper.

"Presently, discussions over the Turkish-Armenian protocols will be
immaterial," he said.

Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers Ahmet Davutoglu and Edward
Nalbandian signed the Ankara-Yerevan protocols on establishment of
diplomatic relations between the two countries in Zurich Oct. 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.