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WITHDRAWAL OF PROTOCOLS FROM TURKISH PARLIAMENT INDICATES ANKARA'S NON-CONSTRUCTIVE STAND
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Aug 24, 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - The withdrawal of Armenia-Turkey Protocols from Grand
National Assembly de facto proves the failure of normalization between
Armenia and Turkey by Ankara, expert in Turkish studies Ruben Melkonyan
told a press conference on Wednesday.
Despite the Protocols were withdrawn from legislative framework,
they still remain on the agenda of Turkey's political life, he
noted. "The Turkish government has not yet revoked Foreign Minister
Ahmet Davutoglu's signature. Consequently, protocols lack validity and
were declared invalid, but they remain in Turkey's political life,"
Melkonyan noted.
The expert underlined Turkey once again showed its non-constructive
attitude towards Armenia-Turkey reconciliation process, unlike Armenia,
which proved to be a reliable partner. The expert stressed at the
moment there are no prerequisites for Armenia-Turkey accords to be
again included in the agenda of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
It is conditioned by the fact that the possibility of external pressure
on the authorities is minimal. To date, the agenda of international
community and international agencies is full of many other problems
and Armenian-Turkish relations are sidelined, Melkonyan said.
As reported earlier, on October 10, 2009, in Zurich, Ministers
of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Turkey signed the "Protocol on
the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations" and "Protocol for the
development of bilateral relations", which needed to be ratified by
the parliaments of the two countries.
However, on December 7, 2009, Turkey linked the Armenian-Turkish
process to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. During a meeting with U.S.
President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
that Ankara would not ratify the Armenian-Turkish protocols without
resolution of the Karabakh conflict. On April 22, 2010, Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree suspending the ratification
process.
news.am
Aug 24, 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - The withdrawal of Armenia-Turkey Protocols from Grand
National Assembly de facto proves the failure of normalization between
Armenia and Turkey by Ankara, expert in Turkish studies Ruben Melkonyan
told a press conference on Wednesday.
Despite the Protocols were withdrawn from legislative framework,
they still remain on the agenda of Turkey's political life, he
noted. "The Turkish government has not yet revoked Foreign Minister
Ahmet Davutoglu's signature. Consequently, protocols lack validity and
were declared invalid, but they remain in Turkey's political life,"
Melkonyan noted.
The expert underlined Turkey once again showed its non-constructive
attitude towards Armenia-Turkey reconciliation process, unlike Armenia,
which proved to be a reliable partner. The expert stressed at the
moment there are no prerequisites for Armenia-Turkey accords to be
again included in the agenda of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
It is conditioned by the fact that the possibility of external pressure
on the authorities is minimal. To date, the agenda of international
community and international agencies is full of many other problems
and Armenian-Turkish relations are sidelined, Melkonyan said.
As reported earlier, on October 10, 2009, in Zurich, Ministers
of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Turkey signed the "Protocol on
the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations" and "Protocol for the
development of bilateral relations", which needed to be ratified by
the parliaments of the two countries.
However, on December 7, 2009, Turkey linked the Armenian-Turkish
process to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. During a meeting with U.S.
President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
that Ankara would not ratify the Armenian-Turkish protocols without
resolution of the Karabakh conflict. On April 22, 2010, Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree suspending the ratification
process.