Turkey needs legal explanations from Armenian government
23.01.2010 17:33 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish side wants to learn how the decision of
Armenian Constitutional Court may affect Protocols, which must be
clarified, Turkish Armenian Business Development Council (TABDC)
co-chair, Kaan Soyak said.
As he noted in a conversation with PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, no one in
Turkey knows the legal power of Constitutional Court in Armenia.
"Turkey needs legal explanations from Armenian government, and not
political statements,’ Kaan Soyak said.
`We (businessman) want Protocols to be ratified as soon as possible,
without any delay in mean time. We invite both governments not to
create problems around Genocide and Karabakh issues, because their
further discussion will not lead to any progress,’ TABDC co-chair
stressed.
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.