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    Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
    Nov 1 2009


    Nalbandian: Turkey-Armenia ties, Karabakh separate issues

    Sunday, November 1, 2009
    ISTANBUL ` Hürriyet Daily News



    AGREEMENT: Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian (seated, L) and
    Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet DavutoÄ?lu (seated, R) sign the historic
    protocols Oct. 10 in Zurich. Nalbandian says both sides now need to
    move quickly to approve and implement the protocols. (AFP photo)

    Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian has said the improving of
    Turkey-Armenia relations and Nagorno-Karabakh are two separate issues,
    reported the Turkish media Sunday.

    Nalbandian said this was the international community's approach to the
    subject as well as Armenia's.

    According to the Armenian foreign minister, talks between Turkey and
    Armenia have ended and both countries are obliged to open their border
    and take steps to establish diplomatic ties per the protocols signed
    between the two sides Oct. 10.

    `Why did we sign protocols if we will not approve them and implement
    them?' asked Nalbandian. He said the entire international community
    expects the protocols to be approved and executed speedily and the
    sides to abide by the agreed points in the protocols.

    The Armenian minister said if one of the parties delays the approval
    or execution of the protocols or impedes these processes, it would
    bear the sole responsibility for the negative consequences.

    Nalbandian said positive momentum had been achieved between Armenian
    President Serge Sarkisian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
    toward the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, with the
    mediation of the United States, Russia and France. He said he was
    unable to say if a solution would be reached soon.

    Turkey closed its border with Armenia to show its support for
    Azerbaijan, a long-time Turkish ally, after Armenia invaded
    Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region in 1992.
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