DAVUTOGLU AND NALBANDIAN MEET FACE-TO-FACE FOR FIRST TIME AFTER ARMENIAN COURT’S RULING

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On January 28, within the frames of the London Conference on
international security assistance to Afghanistan, Armenia’s and
Turkey’s foreign ministers met face-to-face. This was the first meeting
between Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian and
Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu after the Armenian
Constitutional Court’s ruling on the Armenian-Turkish Protocols.

According to a number of Turkish media, during the brief meeting,
Davutoglu expressed the Turkish side’s concerns on the fate of the
Protocols. The foreign ministers agreed to meet and continue talks
next week during the conference on security issues in Munich.

On the same day, Nalbandian met with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton. Details regarding what was discussed have not yet been
announced.

As previously reported, Davutoglu had also met with Clinton while in
London. The Turkish foreign minister had expressed Turkey’s concerns
on the Armenian court’s ruling on the Protocols.