Turkish opposition astonished at Clinton’s question on Armenian-Turkish protocolsJuly 18, 2011 - 11:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - United States Secretary of State Hillari Clinton , who is in Istanbul to participate in the meeting of the Libya contact group, met with leaders of Turkish oppositional Republican People's Party and Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party, according to Hurriyet. As the news source reports, in the course of the meeting with Turkish opposition, Clinton addressed Armenian-Turkish relations. Representatives of Republican People's Party were most of all shocked at U.S. State Secretary’s question, why Turkish opposition comes out against Armenian-Turkish Protocols. “Turkey’ authorities are telling me that the issue of signed Armenian-Turkish Protocols has not been entered in the Parliament because the Republican People's Party is against,” Clinton said. In reply, the party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu expressed surprise saying that authorities are majority in the Parliament and may handle protocols any time they want. The oppositional Member of Parliament also noted that the country leaders withheld any information on Protocols and Karabakh conflict, therefore the opposition is bound to follow developments through media outlets. -L.Sh- Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |