TURKISH OPPOSITION DEMANDS WITHDRAWAL FROM PROTOCOLS SIGNED WITH ARMENIA AND DEPORTATION OF ARMENIAN CITIZENS WHO LIVE AND WORK ILLEGALLY IN TURKEY

APA
March 16 2010
Azerbaijan

Baku – APA. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davudoglu delivered speech
at the Foreign Affairs Committee of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly on
passing a resolution in U.S and Sweden on so-called Armenian genocide,
APA reports quoting Aksham newspaper.

Turkish ambassadors to U.S and Sweden Namig Tan and Zargun Korutuk
also attended the meeting held on March 15. Ambassadors informed the
guests about resolutions passed in U.S and Sweden at 3-hour closed
to the press meeting.

MHP former diplomat Deniz Bolukbashi wanted to withdraw the documents
from the parliament because the protocols signed between Turkey and
Armenia lost its meaning.

"Armenia calls our east provinces as West Armenia, continues insistence
in genocide problem. What does this process help for? It only damaged
strategic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey", said another
MHP diplomat Tunca Toskay.

CHP members demanded the deportation of Armenian citizens who live
and work illegally in Turkey. But Davudoglu didn’t agree with the
offers of the opposition. He said that the normalization process with
Armenia is continued successfully: ‘We are against Armenia against
any sanctions. Sanctions such as withdrawal of the protocol does not
bring any results’. He said that protocols signed with Armenia serve
as a brake.