TURKISH FM: DENIAL OF TURKEY-ARMENIA PROTOCOLS IS NOT IN INTERESTS OF TURKEY AND ARMENIA

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May 13 2010
Azerbaijan

Neither Turkey nor Armenia will win in case of suspension of
ratification of the Yerevan-Ankara protocols, Turkish Foreign Minister
Ahmet Davutoglu said in an interview with the Haberturk television
channel.

"Breaking the protocols is not in the interests of Turkey and Armenia,"
Davutoglu said.

The Turkish Milliyet newspaper wrote that Davutoglu will hold a
telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on
Thursday evening. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree
suspending the ratification of the Armenian-Turkish protocols on
normalizing relations between Yerevan and Ankara in April.

The president argued the temporary suspension of the ratification
of the protocols with "national interests". Turkish and Armenian
foreign ministers Ahmet Davutoglu and Edward Nalbandian signed the
Ankara-Yerevan protocols in Zurich Oct. 10.

Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey have been broken due
to Armenia’s claims of an alleged genocide, and its occupation of
Azerbaijani lands. The border between them has been closed since 1993.
From: Baghdasarian