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    ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS NOT TO BE RATIFIED BY TURKISH PARLIAMENT

    news.az
    Feb 22 2010
    Azerbaijan

    Turkish parliament If Armenia has any claims regarding the signed
    protocols, it should have declared about it earlier during the
    discussions.

    After the changes introduced by the government and the Constitutional
    Court of Armenia, the Armenian-Turkish protocols will not be ratified
    by the Turkish parliament, said Yashar Yakish, chairman of the CE
    Compliance Commission and former foreign minister of Turkey.

    "If Armenia hopes that Ankara will adopt changes made by the
    Constitutional Court to the protocols signed with Turkey, it is
    mistaken. Ankara will never adopt them", Yashar Yakish said.

    The international practice has no rule that after signing any
    international document it can be introduced some changes from the
    side of the internal legislative body, Yakish said.

    The Turkish government has signed protocols not with the Constitutional
    Court but with the Armenian government and the decision taken by the
    said body is an internal affair of Yerevan that has no attitude to
    Turkey, he added.

    He said if Armenia has any claims regarding the signed protocols,
    it should have declared about it earlier during the discussions.

    Even if the Turkish prime minister puts the issue of ratification
    of these protocols for discussion in the parliament, the Turkish
    deputies will not confirm them unless there is a positive achievement
    in the Karabakh issue. "If the deputies of the Turkish parliament have
    declared that they will not ratify the Armenian-Turkish protocols
    unless the Karabakh issue is settled and their decision cannot be
    changed by the prime minister, the foreign minister or the president
    of the country", Yakish said.

    As for the efforts taken by the United States and Russia that are
    co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group, Yakish said Washington is currently
    more interested in the resolution of the Karabakh conflict as the
    delay in this issue may have a negative influence on the relations
    with such US ally as Turkey.
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