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  • Swiss: Signing of Protocols between the Armenia and Turkey in Zurich

    Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs


    Media Release


    Signing of Protocols between the Republic of Armenia and the
    Republic of Turkey in Zurich

    09.10.2009


    A ceremony to mark the signing of the Protocols between the Republic
    of Armenia and the Republic of Turkey will take place tomorrow in
    Zurich. Armenia's Foreign Minister, Edouard Nalbandian, and Turkey's
    Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, will sign the Protocols in the
    presence of Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey. The signing
    ceremony will also be attended by US Secretary of State, Hillary
    Rodham Clinton, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, the
    French Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner, the Slovenian Foreign
    Minister and Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of
    Europe, Samuel Zbogar, and the Secretary-General of the Council of the
    European Union, Javier Solana. The signing is the culmination of a
    mediation process on the part of Switzerland initiated at the request
    of the parties.


    Switzerland has acted as mediator in the process to normalise bilateral
    relations between Armenia and Turkey for over a year. This mediation
    was conducted at the request of the two parties as part of
    Switzerland's good offices. On 31 August 2009, the two parties agreed
    to launch internal political consultations culminating in the signing
    of the two Protocols. In agreement with the parties, Switzerland will
    host the ceremony tomorrow, 10 October 2009, in Zurich.


    Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
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