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TURKEY LOOKING FOR 'CREATIVE IDEAS' TO DEVELOP TIES WITH ARMENIA: FM DAVUTOGLU BERN - ANADOLU AGENCY
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Oct 10 2013
Turkey is looking for "creative ideas" to develop relations with
Armenia, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said today, adding that
Ankara was giving a lot of importance to the normalization of ties.
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.
He was referring to the Armenian top court's decision to mandate that
the protocol agreement not contradict Yerevan's efforts to have the
mass killings of Ottoman Armenians in 1915 recognized as genocide.
"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.
October/10/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-looking-for-creative-ideas-to-develop-ties-with-armenia-fm-davutoglu.aspx?pageID=238&nID=56068&NewsCatID=359
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Oct 10 2013
Turkey is looking for "creative ideas" to develop relations with
Armenia, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said today, adding that
Ankara was giving a lot of importance to the normalization of ties.
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.
He was referring to the Armenian top court's decision to mandate that
the protocol agreement not contradict Yerevan's efforts to have the
mass killings of Ottoman Armenians in 1915 recognized as genocide.
"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.
October/10/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-looking-for-creative-ideas-to-develop-ties-with-armenia-fm-davutoglu.aspx?pageID=238&nID=56068&NewsCatID=359