HILLARY CLINTON’S MEETING WITH ARMENIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN U.S. POSTPONED

PanARMENIAN.Net
09.02.2010 15:10 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Meeting of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
with representatives of Armenian organizations in the United States,
scheduled for February 9, was postponed for an indefinite time.

"The meeting on Armenian-Turkish Protocols was delayed due to adverse
weather conditions in Washington," Armenian Weekly quoted a source
in the White House as saying.

The proposal to hold consultations with Armenian NGOs of U.S. was
initiated by the Secretary Clinton. Armenian Assembly of America
(Assembly), the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), Eastern and
Western Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the United States,
The Knights of Vartan and the Armenian National Committee of America
(ANCA) were invited to take part in the meeting.

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.