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SWISS MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONFIRMS TURKISH DIPLOMAT'S VISIT TO BERN
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.02.2010 15:11 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary, Feridun
Sinirlioglu will meet Switzerland's State Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, Michael Ambul Friday, February 5.
As Swiss Foreign Ministry spokesman Erik Reumann told PanARMENIAN.Net
reporter, bilateral meetings of this kind, focusing on bilateral
relations, carry regular character. Meeting details will be provided
later, he said.
As Turkish media reported earlier, at Bern meeting Feridun Sinirlioglu
will voice Ankara's concerns over the ruling of Armenian Constitutional
Court on Armenia-Turkey rapprochement.
The Protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of
the border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich by Armenian
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet
Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of diplomatic talks
held through Swiss mediation.
On January 12, 2010, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of
Armenia found the protocols conformable to the country's Organic Law.
Commenting on the CC ruling, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
said that "the decision contains preconditions and restrictive
provisions which impair the letter and spirit of the Protocols."
"The decision undermines the very reason for negotiating these
Protocols as well as their fundamental objective. This approach
cannot be accepted on our part. Turkey, in line with its accustomed
allegiance to its international commitments, maintains its adherence
to the primary provisions of these Protocols. We expect the same
allegiance from the Armenian Government," the Ministry said.
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.02.2010 15:11 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary, Feridun
Sinirlioglu will meet Switzerland's State Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, Michael Ambul Friday, February 5.
As Swiss Foreign Ministry spokesman Erik Reumann told PanARMENIAN.Net
reporter, bilateral meetings of this kind, focusing on bilateral
relations, carry regular character. Meeting details will be provided
later, he said.
As Turkish media reported earlier, at Bern meeting Feridun Sinirlioglu
will voice Ankara's concerns over the ruling of Armenian Constitutional
Court on Armenia-Turkey rapprochement.
The Protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of
the border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich by Armenian
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet
Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of diplomatic talks
held through Swiss mediation.
On January 12, 2010, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of
Armenia found the protocols conformable to the country's Organic Law.
Commenting on the CC ruling, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
said that "the decision contains preconditions and restrictive
provisions which impair the letter and spirit of the Protocols."
"The decision undermines the very reason for negotiating these
Protocols as well as their fundamental objective. This approach
cannot be accepted on our part. Turkey, in line with its accustomed
allegiance to its international commitments, maintains its adherence
to the primary provisions of these Protocols. We expect the same
allegiance from the Armenian Government," the Ministry said.