FAAE: TURKEY AVOIDS RATIFICATION OF PROTOCOLS
PanARMENIAN.Net
27.01.2010 18:40 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The fact that Turkish authorities are cooking up any
excuse not to ratify the Protocols of normalization of Armenian-Turkish
relations is undeniable, statement of the Forum of Armenian Association
of Europe FAAE received by PanARMENIAN.Net says.
"Turkish leaders avoide the ratification of the Protocols. FAAE
calls on international organizations interested in Armenian-Turkish
reconciliation to draw attention to this fact," the statement says.
According to FAAE, Turkey wishing to join the European Union must
prove that it redeems its promise to adhere to democratic values and
international norms.
Forum Armenian Unions of Europe (FAAE) was founded in March 2003
to coordinate activities of the Armenian communities of Eastern and
Central Europe. Ashot Grigoryan, head of the Armenian community in
Slovakia is a chairman of FAAE.
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.
Turkey-EU: Turkey began full membership negotiations with the European
Union in 2005, having been an associate member of the EEC since 1963,
and having reached a customs union agreement in 1995.