TURKISH COMMISSION COULD DELAY PROTOCOLS RATIFICATION: SAFRASTYAN
Tert.am
15:47 ~U 02.12.09
December 7 is the deadline when the Turkish parliamentary commission
on foreign relations must make a decision on the Armenia-Turkey
Protocols. This is the same day as the meeting between Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Barack Obama. There
are already rumours floating around that the commission’s negative
decision might be cause for the meeting not to take place.
In Turkologist Ruben Safrastyan’s opinion, the commission could delay
making a decision, since there are older issues in the commission’s
agenda that have been waiting to be discussed for 10 years.
Speaking about the ratification of the Protocols, the analyst recalled
that the commission’s exclusive majority, 36 members, are member of
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party – that means that
the Turkish prime minister’s decision will influence the commission’s
decision.
Safrastyan also added that if a decision isn’t made, then that will
in no way affect the Obama-Erdogan meeting.