Interfax, Russia
Feb 12 2010
U.S. hopes Armenia, Turkey will ratify normalization protocols
YEREVAN Feb 12
U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch has said she hopes that
the parliaments of both Armenia and Turkey will ratify protocols that
establish diplomatic relations between the two countries.
The U.S. hopes that the Armenian and Turkish Parliaments will ratify
these protocols, Yovanovitch said at public hearings in Yerevan on
Friday,
Washington will continue assisting the normalization process between
the two countries, she said.
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and Economic Policy Research
Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) President Guven Sak attended the
hearings.
The Armenian and Turkish foreign ministers signed protocols on the
establishment of diplomatic relations and the development of bilateral
ties in Zurich on October 10, 2009. The documents need to be ratified
by the two countries’ parliaments.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said in a speech in London on
Wednesday that the protocols would be forwarded to parliament in the
near future.