YEREVAN-BAKU RELATIONS MUST ‘RIPEN A LITTLE MORE’ BEFORE PROTOCOLS RATIFICATION: MERCAN
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Head of a Turkish parliamentary committee has said that relations
between Armenia and Azerbaijan should "ripen a little more" prior to
debating the Armenian-Turkish Protocols in Turkey’s Grand National
Assembly, reports Turkish news agency Anadolu Ajansi.
"We are all eager to bring the Protocols to the committee and to
parliament, and we want to see relations normalize, but at this time
it would be in vain to debate the issue which is highly likely to
be revoked by the committee," said Murat Mercan, chair of Turkey’s
parliamentary foreign relations committee, on Friday.
"The Turkish people are very sensitive about rapprochement between
Azerbaijan and Armenia, as well as Azerbaijan’s rights. Efforts to
settle problems between [Baku and Yerevan] would help Turkey ratify
the Protocols," he added.