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Turkey's Gul says Armenia initiative not frozen
news.am
May 28, 2012 | 13:29
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said initiative to normalize relations
with Armenia is not frozen.
`I don't think the Armenian initiative is dead. Both Turkey and the
region need to save themselves from this dispute. We are working on
the issue on a larger scale,' he told journalists on a plane returning
from US.
He said that both civilian and official organizations had been
assigned tasks in this regard, Today's Zaman reports.
`The status quo is not helping Turkey, Armenia or Azerbaijan,' he added.
In October 2009 Armenia and Turkey signed protocols in Zurich to
normalize diplomatic relations between the states. The documents had
to be ratified in both countries' parliaments.
However, in 2010 the Armenian president suspended the process due to
Turkey's non-constructive stance. Ankara set preconditions and linked
the reconciliation process to resolution of the Karabakh conflict.
Finally, Turkey decided to remove the protocols from parliament's
agenda.
news.am
May 28, 2012 | 13:29
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said initiative to normalize relations
with Armenia is not frozen.
`I don't think the Armenian initiative is dead. Both Turkey and the
region need to save themselves from this dispute. We are working on
the issue on a larger scale,' he told journalists on a plane returning
from US.
He said that both civilian and official organizations had been
assigned tasks in this regard, Today's Zaman reports.
`The status quo is not helping Turkey, Armenia or Azerbaijan,' he added.
In October 2009 Armenia and Turkey signed protocols in Zurich to
normalize diplomatic relations between the states. The documents had
to be ratified in both countries' parliaments.
However, in 2010 the Armenian president suspended the process due to
Turkey's non-constructive stance. Ankara set preconditions and linked
the reconciliation process to resolution of the Karabakh conflict.
Finally, Turkey decided to remove the protocols from parliament's
agenda.