Public Television of Armenia
March 2 2010

EU urges Armenia, Turkey to ratify normalisation accords

The European Union has urged Armenia and Turkey to go ahead and ratify
the historic protocols the two countries signed last October to
normalise ties.

"The European Union welcomes the Armenian-Turkish [normalisation]
process, and urges [the sides] to ratify the protocols," said Miguel
Angel Moratinos, the Spanish foreign minister whose country hods the
rotating presidency of the EU.

"We are in talks with Armenia and Turkey to create a better
atmosphere, because this is a historic moment," Moratinos was quoted
as saying by Armenian television on 2 March. He was speaking at a
press conference in the Armenian capital.