TURKEY DIGESTING ARMENIAN COALITION DECISION

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 22, 2010 – 16:24 AMT 11:24 GMT

Turkey is considering further steps to take after Armenia’s ruling
coalition announced the decision to halt ratification of Protocols
on normalization of bilateral relations, a Turkish diplomat said.

"We are evaluating the content of this statement and what it means
legally and politically," Foreign Ministry spokesman Burak Ozugergin
told AFP.

"In this context, we are also discussing steps that could be taken
in the coming period," he added, without elaborating, Hurriyet Daily
News reported.

In their statement earlier Thursday, three parties forming the
majority in Armenia’s parliament accused Turkey of refusal to ratify
the Protocols "without preconditions and in a reasonable timeframe."

The coalition rates as unacceptable the latest statements by Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who keeps linking ratification
of Armenian-Turkish Protocols to resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict