TURKEY CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO RATIFY PROTOCOLS EVEN IF ARMENIAN DOES IT

news.az
Feb 10 2010
Azerbaijan

Mustafa Kabakchi Turkey will further remain loyal to the promises
it gave to Azerbaijan, chairman of the Turkish-Azerbaijani group of
friendship said.

If the Armenian parliament ratifies the Armenian-Turkish protocols, it
cannot be expected from the Turkish parliament without the resolution
of the Karabakh conflict, said Mustafa Kabakci, chairman of the
Turkish-Azerbaijani group of friendship.

"Even if the Armenian parliament ratifies the protocols, the Turkish
parliament will not pass them without the settlement of the Karabakh
conflict as Azerbaijan is more important for Turkey than Armenia",
Kabakci said.

According to him, Turkey will further remain loyal to the promises
it gave to Azerbaijan.

"The fact that Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has decided to send
Armenian-Turkish protocols for ratification in the parliament, does
not mean that the procedure will be conducted, he considers.