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    Anadolu Agency, Turkey
    Oct 21 2009


    Turkey's foreign minister briefs parliament on Armenian deal


    Ankara, 21 October: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on
    Wednesday that ways to normalization process would be paved in case
    Armenia fulfilled its obligations.

    Briefing the Parliament on the protocols signed between Turkey and
    Armenia, Davutoglu said the protocol in question included the
    expression 'respect to territorial integrity and territorial
    immunity'.

    "Kars and Moscow agreements arrange borders between Turkey and
    Armenia. The protocol made references to those agreements," Davutoglu
    said.

    "Thus, it is also reaffirmed by Armenia that the claims that Turkey
    and Armenia have border disputes and Armenia demands territories do
    not have any legal validity. Both the Kars Agreement and Moscow
    Agreement says Sevres Treaty was not accepted."

    Davutoglu said the protocol texts included many provisions regarding
    on which principles the relations would be carried out in case
    relations were established between Turkey and Armenia.

    Davutoglu said there were also provisions pertaining to establishment
    of Joint History Commission.

    Davutoglu further said that the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan
    was as valuable as Turkey's territorial integrity.

    "There is not any other country than Turkey which exerted that much
    effort on this issue," added Davutoglu who addressed Turkish
    Parliament and gave information about the protocols signed by Turkey
    and Armenia on October 10 to establish diplomatic ties and develop
    bilateral relations.

    Davutoglu said that one of the targets of the protocols was to
    establish a general normalization basis in Caucasus.

    He recalled that many paragraphs in the protocols were making a
    reference to normalize bilateral relations and thus to advance peace,
    security and stability in the region.

    Noting that Turkey's efforts for the territorial integrity of
    Azerbaijan would continue without any disruption, Davutoglu said that
    he, President Abdullah Gul and Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan always
    told that the basic issue in this subject was Karabakh issue.

    He added that Turkey would exert efforts to solve the conflict about
    Karabakh regardless of international, regional and bilateral
    conjuncture.
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