ANKARA SEEKS TO JUSTIFY ITSELF IN THE EYES OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

PanARMENIAN.Net
22.01.2010 17:41 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ It would be naïve to think that Turkey’s Foreign
Ministry is unaware of the contents of the Armenian Constitution and
Declaration of Independence, said Ashot Avanesyan, the President of
National Congress of Armenians of Ukraine.

"The statement of Turkish Foreign Ministry is nothing but an attempt
to lay its own fault at someone else’s door. Having found itself
in a difficult situation, Ankara seeks to justify itself the eyes
of international community by dragging Armenian authorities into
unnecessary polemics," he said when commenting on Turkish Foreign
Ministry’s statement regarding the RA Constitutional Court’s resolution
on Protocols.

"Turkey will have to reconcile with its own history and together with
Armenia find a way out of historic standstill," Avanesyan concluded,
Analitika.at.ua reports.

The Protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of
the 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.

Commenting on the decision of the Armenian Constitutional Court, the
Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that "the decision contains
preconditions and restrictive provisions which impair the letter and
spirit of the Protocols."

"The decision undermines the very reason for negotiating these
Protocols as well as their fundamental objective. This approach
cannot be accepted on our part. Turkey, in line with its accustomed
allegiance to its international commitments, maintains its adherence
to the primary provisions of these Protocols.We expect the same
allegiance from the Armenian Government," the Ministry said.