ARMENIA NEVER DISCUSSED NKR ISSUE WITH TURKEY: RA MFA
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
Oct 22 2009
Armenia
"Armenia has never discussed Nagorno-Karabakh issue with Turkey,"
said RA Foreign Office Press Secretary Tigran Balayan.
Commenting on Oct. 21 statement by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu during Protocols’ discussion in Grand National Assembly of
Turkey, Balayan stated: "We launched Armenia-Turkey normalization
process realizing that the parties should go ahead without
preconditions. The talks and elaboration of the Protocols signed in
Zurich, Oct. 10 were initiated with this intention. Consequently,
the parties will henceforth guided by the Protocols’ provisions,
containing no preconditions."
October 21, 2009 Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
stated that "Nagorno-Karabakh status quo is not in fraternal
Azerbaijan’s interests, as Azerbaijani lands are under the
occupation for years. Status quo meets neither Turkey’s nor Armenia’s
interests. Azerbaijani territorial integrity is as sacred as Turkish
one. There is no single state making as muÑ~Ah efforts as Turkey does
in this
direction. We spoke of the matter both to U.S. President Barack
Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. I also discussed the
issue with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before the signing
ceremony. We will do utmost to settle Karabakh conflict. There are
many preconditions in Oct. 10 signed Armenia-Turkey Protocols, like
recognition of the Turkey-Armenia border, that is to be done according
to the international norms. Nobody will even dare to lay territorial
claims on Turkey. Treaty of Sevres cannot reappear on the agenda. The
sub-commission foreseen by the Protocols will commence its activities
within this framework."