RPA: TURKEY WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WASHINGTON’S STATEMENT ON RA CC RULING

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
25.01.2010 16:29 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey will take into account Washington’s statement
regarding the RA Constitutional Court’s ruling on Armenian-Turkish
protocols, an Armenian MP said.

The United States welcomed Friday a ruling by Armenia’s Constitutional
Court late on Friday, effectively dismissing Turkey’s claims that it
runs counter to the Turkish-Armenian fence-mending agreements. "We
view the court decision as a positive step forward in the ratification
process of the normalization protocols between Turkey and Armenia,"
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon said. "The court
decision permits the protocols, as they were negotiated and signed,
to move forward towards parliamentary ratification, and does not
appear to limit or qualify them in any way."

"The Constitutional Court resolved that Armenia will not give up the
policy for worldwide recognition of the Armenian Genocide," said Razmik
Zohrabyan, Deputy chairman of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia.

As to ARF Dashnaktsutyun’s initiative to pass a bill envisaging
inclusion of the RA CC rationale in the protocols, he said it will
hamper the ratification process.

"If any reservation is included, Turkey will not ratify the protocols,"
Zohrabyan said.