delegation of Turkey-U.S. Interparliamentary Friendship Caucus will
hold meetings in the US

27.02.2010 12:20 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A delegation of Turkey-U.S. Interparliamentary
Friendship Caucus led by Suat Kiniklioglu will hold meetings in the
United States between February 28 and March 6.

The delegation will make lobbying activities against the adoption of a
draft on 1915 incidents which will be discussed at U.S. House of
Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 4. Kiniklioglu
told reporters that carrying such a draft onto the agenda was a lack
of foresight as well as unfortunate while a normalization process was
carried out between Turkey and Armenia.

Kiniklioglu said that they would stress the strategic and long-term
importance of Turkey-U.S. relations during their meetings.
Turkey and Armenia signed two protocols on October 10, 2009 to
normalize relations between the two countries. The protocols envisage
the two countries to establish diplomatic ties and open the border
that has been close since 1993.

Turkey and Armenia also agreed to take steps to operate a
sub-commission on impartial scientific examination of the historical
records and archive to define existing problems and formulate
recommendations, in which Armenian, Turkish as well as Swiss and other
international experts would take part. However, on January 12, 2010,
the Constitutional Court of Armenia declared a decision of
constitutional conformity on the protocols. Turkey thought the fifth
article of Armenian Constitutional Court’s verdict regarding the
protocols was against the target and basis of the protocols.

Also, in 2005, Turkey officially proposed to Armenian government the
establishment of a joint commission of history composed of historians
and other experts from both sides to study together the events of 1915
not only in the archives of Turkey and Armenia but also in the
archives of all relevant third countries and to share their findings
with the public, AA reported.