ANKARA: Turkish Minister Briefs Russian Minister On Turkey-Armenia "

TURKISH MINISTER BRIEFS RUSSIAN MINISTER ON TURKEY-ARMENIA "NORMALIZATION"

Anadolu Ajansi
Sept 1 2009
Turkey

Ankara, 1 September: Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu briefed
the cochairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group and Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov,
about the progress recorded in Turkey-Armenia normalization process.

Davutoglu called Lavrov on the phone and asked him to boost efforts
to solve Azerbaijan-Armenia dispute to restore a comprehensive and
permanent peace and stability in Caucasus.

Earlier in the day, Davutoglu also called the OSCE Minsk Group
cochairman, Bernard Kouchner, on the phone and gave him information
about the two protocols which were initialled by Turkey and Armenia
on Monday.

A joint statement issued by Turkey, Armenia and Switzerland on Monday
[31 August] said that Turkey and Armenia agreed to start their internal
political consultations on the establishment of diplomatic ties and
development of bilateral relations.

The statement said internal political consultations over two protocols,
which had been agreed on under Swiss mediation, would be completed
within six weeks which would be followed by ratification at Turkish
and Armenian parliaments.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS