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AHMET DAVUTOGLU: "WHEN RELATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND ARMENIA ARE NORMALIZED, MOST OF THE ISSUES BETWEEN AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA WILL ALSO BE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A SOLUTION"
by Marianna Lazarian
ARMINFO
Friday, October 11, 12:28
Turkey is looking for "creative ideas" to develop relations with
Armenia, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told media in Bern, adding
that Ankara was giving a lot of importance to the normalization of
ties, Hurriyet Daily News reports citing Anadolu. Coincidentally
speaking in Switzerland where both countries signed a landmark
protocol four years ago to the day, Davutoglu said Turkey would
increase efforts on the issue in the coming months.
"We made serious efforts to put the protocol into effect four
years ago. However, it was not possible to implement it because of
the decision of the Armenian Constitutional Court," Davutoglu said
during a joint press conference in Bern with his Swiss counterpart,
Didier Burkhalter.
"Now we are looking to develop it and advance with creative ideas and
new ways of thinking. We will increase our works in the coming period.
When relations between Turkey and Armenia are normalized, most of
the issues between Azerbaijan and Armenia will also be within the
framework of a solution," Davutoglu said.
The 2009 protocol aimed to boost ties between Ankara and Yerevan
with a series of measures, including the opening of the countries'
border, a move that Azerbaijan has repeatedly said must not happen
until there is an agreement on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh.
by Marianna Lazarian
ARMINFO
Friday, October 11, 12:28
Turkey is looking for "creative ideas" to develop relations with
Armenia, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told media in Bern, adding
that Ankara was giving a lot of importance to the normalization of
ties, Hurriyet Daily News reports citing Anadolu. Coincidentally
speaking in Switzerland where both countries signed a landmark
protocol four years ago to the day, Davutoglu said Turkey would
increase efforts on the issue in the coming months.
"We made serious efforts to put the protocol into effect four
years ago. However, it was not possible to implement it because of
the decision of the Armenian Constitutional Court," Davutoglu said
during a joint press conference in Bern with his Swiss counterpart,
Didier Burkhalter.
"Now we are looking to develop it and advance with creative ideas and
new ways of thinking. We will increase our works in the coming period.
When relations between Turkey and Armenia are normalized, most of
the issues between Azerbaijan and Armenia will also be within the
framework of a solution," Davutoglu said.
The 2009 protocol aimed to boost ties between Ankara and Yerevan
with a series of measures, including the opening of the countries'
border, a move that Azerbaijan has repeatedly said must not happen
until there is an agreement on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh.