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COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: ZURICH PROTOCOLS SIGNED BETWEEN TURKEY AND ARMENIA NOT TO BE RATIFIED
Trend
Nov 21 2011
Azerbaijan
The Zurich protocols signed between Turkey and Armenia on the
normalization of relations between the two countries will not be
ratified,Turkish Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman
Volkan Bozkir told journalists in Baku.
"I am one of those responsible for the ratification of these documents,
and I can say that they will not be ratified," Bozkir said.
A Turkish parliamentary delegation arrived in Baku on Nov. 21 to hold
official meetings.
The delegation, headed by Bozkir, began its visit program on Monday by
visiting national leader Heydar Aliyev's grave, the Alley of Martyrs
and the Turkish Martyrs memorial.
The delegation will meet with Azerbaijani Parliamentary Chairman Ogtay
Asadov to discuss Azerbaijani-Turkish inter-parliamentary relations
and ways of their further development.
The Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers Ahmet Davutoglu and Edward
Nalbandian signed the Ankara-Yerevan protocols in Zurich Oct. 10. But
the protocols were not ratified at the parliaments.
The Turkish government said Armenian-Turkish ties will be restored
after Armenia frees the occupied Azerbaijani territories.
Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey were broken due
to Armenian claims of an alleged genocide and its occupation of
Azerbaijani lands. Their border closed in 1993.
Trend
Nov 21 2011
Azerbaijan
The Zurich protocols signed between Turkey and Armenia on the
normalization of relations between the two countries will not be
ratified,Turkish Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman
Volkan Bozkir told journalists in Baku.
"I am one of those responsible for the ratification of these documents,
and I can say that they will not be ratified," Bozkir said.
A Turkish parliamentary delegation arrived in Baku on Nov. 21 to hold
official meetings.
The delegation, headed by Bozkir, began its visit program on Monday by
visiting national leader Heydar Aliyev's grave, the Alley of Martyrs
and the Turkish Martyrs memorial.
The delegation will meet with Azerbaijani Parliamentary Chairman Ogtay
Asadov to discuss Azerbaijani-Turkish inter-parliamentary relations
and ways of their further development.
The Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers Ahmet Davutoglu and Edward
Nalbandian signed the Ankara-Yerevan protocols in Zurich Oct. 10. But
the protocols were not ratified at the parliaments.
The Turkish government said Armenian-Turkish ties will be restored
after Armenia frees the occupied Azerbaijani territories.
Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey were broken due
to Armenian claims of an alleged genocide and its occupation of
Azerbaijani lands. Their border closed in 1993.