SWITZERLAND DIDN’T CONFIRM TURKISH DISINFORMATION

Tert.am
18:18 26.01.10

Switzerland is committed to its policy of assisting the Armenia-Turkey
rapprochement process, reports APA news agency, citing Switzerland’s
Foreign Ministry.

"We are looking forward to the ratification of the Protocols which
will pave the way for the implementation of the steps envisaged by
those documents," Switzerland’s Foreign Ministry said.

The ministry has refused to comment on Ankara’s official approach,
which declines sending the Protocols to parliament for ratification,
pointing to the RA Constitutional Court’s decision which ruled that
the Protocols do not run counter to the Constitution.

"Mediation in the rapprochement process between Armenia and Turkey
is Switzerland’s main policy, and we decline making any comments on
the issue," the source concluded.

In this way, Berne doesn’t confirm Turkey’s recurring disinformation
which state that Berne had sent three addresses to Yerevan concerning
the disquiet felt in the rapprochement process caused by the ruling
of the RA Constitutional Court.

Turkish paper Star reported yesterday that a Swiss diplomat had sent
the following statements to his Armenian counterpart:

1. The RA Constitutional Court will slow down the process.

2. The two Protocols are one entity.

3. We believe that the Armenian side will say that the ruling of RA
Constitutional Court is in line with the spirit of the Protocols.

Diplomatic sources informed Tert.am that, in fact, everything has
been the direct opposite: the Swiss side has called and handed the
above-mentioned statements not to Armenia but to Turkey.