news.az, Azerbaijan
Jan 16 2010
No point discussing Armenian protocols at present – Turkish MP
Sat 16 January 2010 | 08:06 GMT Text size:
Murad Mercan There is no sense in putting the protocols on
parliament’s agenda until Armenian-Azerbaijani relations have been
normalized, Murad Mercan has said.
"Discussion of the protocols signed with Armenia is likely to be
rejected in the Turkish parliamentary commission and would be a waste
of time," according to Mercan, who is chairman of the Turkish Grand
National Assembly’s foreign policy commission.
He said Armenia had submitted the protocols to its Constitutional
Court in line with its own laws.
"The documents are already in the parliamentary commission there and
the date of their discussion is not known yet. Meanwhile, the
resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani problem and the rights of
Azerbaijan are too sensitive for the Turkish people. For this reason,
settlement of the conflict may accelerate the ratification of the
protocols in parliament," Mercan said.
The commission chairman thinks that if Azerbaijani-Armenian relations
are not normalized, there is no point in putting the protocols on the
agenda. He thinks it would be expedient to postpone discussion of the
documents at present.
ANS PRESS