TURKEY SENDS ITS EMISSARIES TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ARMENIA
news.am
Feb 3 2010
Armenia
Being incapable of voicing its discontent via phone conversations and
prove that the RA CC judgment conflicts with the Protocols, Turkey
decided to send its high ranking diplomats to the concerned countries.
According to Turkish Hurriyet daily, Turkish undersecretary Feridun
Sinirlioglu will leave for Switzerland on February 4 to meet his Swiss
counterpart Michael Ambuhl in Bern. Sinirlioglu intends to present
non-conformity of RA CC decision with the Protocols and demand that
Armenia adheres to content of the documents. Otherwise, Turkey will
be unable to go on with the process.
At the fist stage of diplomatic attack Ankara will hold separate
meetings with representatives of concerned parties, thereafter will
send the sides drafted legal paper. After Switzerland, Turkey will
send its diplomats to U.S., Russia and France — co-chairing states
of OSCE Minsk Group.
As NEWS.am reported earlier, January 19 Turkish Foreign Ministry issued
a statement criticizing the decision of RA Constitutional Court on
Armenia-Turkey Protocols. "It has been observed that this decision
contains preconditions and restrictive provisions which impair the
letter and spirit of the Protocol," the statement reads. RA Foreign
Minister stated that CC judgment contains no preconditions and conforms
to the content of the Protocols, expressing hope that Turkey has no
intention to protract the process.
However, Turkish side was not content with statement of Armenian FM
and pressed the point. FM Ahmet Davutoglu already met with U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Turkey’s groundless assertions
are not taken seriously, moreover U.S. highly assessed the judgment
by RA CC.