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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT HALTS RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT MEANT TO RESTORE TIES WITH TURKEY
Fox News Network
Feb 16 2015
YEREVAN, Armenia - The Armenian president says he has asked the
country's parliament speaker to withdraw his signature from a
groundbreaking 2009 agreement with Turkey meant to restore ties
between the two nations.
President Serge Sarkisian said in a statement on Monday that Armenia
would not ratify the agreement because of the "preconditions" that
Turkey is putting in place before it ratifies its part of the deal.
The agreement aims to restore diplomatic ties between the countries
as well as re-open the common border, which has been closed since 1993.
It was brokered by the United States and other nations.
In another sign of tensions between the countries, the Turkish
foreign minister recently urged Armenia to pull out its forces from
Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed region between Armenia and Turkey's
ally Azerbaijan.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/02/16/armenian-president-halts-ratification-agreement-meant-to-restore-ties-with/
Fox News Network
Feb 16 2015
YEREVAN, Armenia - The Armenian president says he has asked the
country's parliament speaker to withdraw his signature from a
groundbreaking 2009 agreement with Turkey meant to restore ties
between the two nations.
President Serge Sarkisian said in a statement on Monday that Armenia
would not ratify the agreement because of the "preconditions" that
Turkey is putting in place before it ratifies its part of the deal.
The agreement aims to restore diplomatic ties between the countries
as well as re-open the common border, which has been closed since 1993.
It was brokered by the United States and other nations.
In another sign of tensions between the countries, the Turkish
foreign minister recently urged Armenia to pull out its forces from
Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed region between Armenia and Turkey's
ally Azerbaijan.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/02/16/armenian-president-halts-ratification-agreement-meant-to-restore-ties-with/