AHMET DAVUDOGLU: TURKISH-ARMENIAN PROTOCOL TO BE SIGNED BEFORE ARMENIAN PRESIDENT’S VISIT TO TURKEY
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30.09.2009 16:58
The Ankara -Yerevan protocol will be signed before Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan’s visit to Turkey, Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet
Davudoglu, said at a news conference, the Turkish CNN Turk TV channel
reported.
The Turkish-Armenian protocol will be signed before Sargsyan’s visit
to Turkey," the minister added.
The protocol’s final version will be signed by foreign ministers of
Armenia and Turkey, Ahmet Davudoglu and Edward Nalbandian on Oct.10
or Oct.11, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Trend
News in an exclusive interview.
According to Davudoglu, the work to normalize the Ankara -Yerevan
relations will continue regardless whether Sargsyan visits Turkey to
attend a football match or not.
"During his visit to Armenia, the Turkish president has not put forward
any condition. The work on the normalization of the Ankara -Yerevan
relations will continue irrespective whether Sargsyan arrives in
Turkey for a football match," the minister said.
The signing of the protocol and its ratification by the parliament
are different issues, Davudoglu said. The protocol is expected to be
discussed in the parliament after its signing, Davudoglu added.