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TURKEY PROTRACTS RATIFICATION PROCESS
PanARMENIAN.Net
01.02.2010 13:29 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The RA Constitutional Court's ruling doesn't conflict
with the spirit of Protocols on normalization of Armenian-Turkish
relations, said Eduard Sharmazanov, secretary of the RPA parliamentary
group.
"The side, which artificially drags out the ratification, will bear the
responsibility for frustrating the rapprochement process. That's what
Turkey is doing now. Moreover, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
makes statements not fitting a mature politician," he told reporters
on Monday.
The Protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of
the border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich by Armenian
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet
Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of diplomatic talks
held through Swiss mediation.
On January 12, 2010, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of
Armenia found the protocols conformable to the country's Organic Law.
Commenting on the CC ruling, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
said that "it contains preconditions and restrictive provisions which
impair the letter and spirit of the Protocols."
"The decision undermines the very reason for negotiating these
Protocols as well as their fundamental objective. This approach
cannot be accepted on our part. Turkey, in line with its accustomed
allegiance to its international commitments, maintains its adherence
to the primary provisions of these Protocols. We expect the same
allegiance from the Armenian Government," the Ministry said.
PanARMENIAN.Net
01.02.2010 13:29 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The RA Constitutional Court's ruling doesn't conflict
with the spirit of Protocols on normalization of Armenian-Turkish
relations, said Eduard Sharmazanov, secretary of the RPA parliamentary
group.
"The side, which artificially drags out the ratification, will bear the
responsibility for frustrating the rapprochement process. That's what
Turkey is doing now. Moreover, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
makes statements not fitting a mature politician," he told reporters
on Monday.
The Protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of
the border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich by Armenian
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet
Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of diplomatic talks
held through Swiss mediation.
On January 12, 2010, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of
Armenia found the protocols conformable to the country's Organic Law.
Commenting on the CC ruling, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
said that "it contains preconditions and restrictive provisions which
impair the letter and spirit of the Protocols."
"The decision undermines the very reason for negotiating these
Protocols as well as their fundamental objective. This approach
cannot be accepted on our part. Turkey, in line with its accustomed
allegiance to its international commitments, maintains its adherence
to the primary provisions of these Protocols. We expect the same
allegiance from the Armenian Government," the Ministry said.