RA FM and US State Secretary end their meeting in Zurich

PanARMENIAN.Net - About 15 minutes ago, Armenian FM Edward Nalbandyan and U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton finished their meeting in Zurich. Armenian and American officials first had a tête-à-tête; later they were joined by Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu, a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reports from Zurich,



At 8:00 p.m. Armenian and Turkish FMs are expected to start signing of RA-Turkish Protocols initialed on August 31.



The Protocols will be very probably signed in presence Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey since Switzerland is a mediator in negotiation Armenian-Turkish negotiations. U.S. State Hillary Clinton, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana, Armenia's Ambassador to Switzerland Charles Aznavour and Turkey's Ambassador to Switzerland Oguz Demiralp are in Switzerland to participate in the ceremony.
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