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I HOPE PROCESS ON ESTABLISHING RELATIONS AND OPENING BORDER BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY WILL RESUME SOON - SARKOZY
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Oct 5 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - President of France Nicolas Sarkozy in the interview to
Mediamax news agency expressed hope that the process on establishing
relations and opening border between Armenia and Turkey will resume
soon.
"The Protocols on establishing diplomatic relations and opening
the border between Turkey and Armenia aroused many hopes. This
reconciliation process has reached a deadlock today, which I deeply
regret," he said.
According to Sarkozy, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan "exhibited
wisdom and foresight" saying the next day after one of meetings in
Paris that Armenia is ready to ratify the Protocols when Turkey is
ready for it.
"I hope the process will resume soon," Sarkozy added.
As reported earlier, the Turkish Grand National Assembly has recently
withdrawn the Armenia-Turkey Protocols from its agenda.
In 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, this did not happen.
The signing ceremony was attended by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and France Bernard
Kouchner, as well as Secretary General of the Council of the European
Union Javier Solana. The signing ceremony was at the center of the
world's attention, broadcast on 70 TV channels.
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.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
Oct 5 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - President of France Nicolas Sarkozy in the interview to
Mediamax news agency expressed hope that the process on establishing
relations and opening border between Armenia and Turkey will resume
soon.
"The Protocols on establishing diplomatic relations and opening
the border between Turkey and Armenia aroused many hopes. This
reconciliation process has reached a deadlock today, which I deeply
regret," he said.
According to Sarkozy, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan "exhibited
wisdom and foresight" saying the next day after one of meetings in
Paris that Armenia is ready to ratify the Protocols when Turkey is
ready for it.
"I hope the process will resume soon," Sarkozy added.
As reported earlier, the Turkish Grand National Assembly has recently
withdrawn the Armenia-Turkey Protocols from its agenda.
In 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, this did not happen.
The signing ceremony was attended by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and France Bernard
Kouchner, as well as Secretary General of the Council of the European
Union Javier Solana. The signing ceremony was at the center of the
world's attention, broadcast on 70 TV channels.
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.
From: A. Papazian