Protocol signing postponed upon Armenia side's initiative

October 10, 2009 - 22:13 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Signing of Armenian-Turkish Protocols was postponed upon Armenian side's initiative, U.S. State Department representative Ian Kelley said. There are unconfirmed data that RA FM Edward Nalbandyan terminated meeting with U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton, a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reports from Zurich. Presumably, Armenian side failed to reach agreement with Turkey at the last moment. Hillary Clinton who was on her way to Zurich University returned to hotel.



Earlier, Swiss Foreign Ministry reported that Protocol signing had been postponed. It is unknown whether documents will be signed at all. The Protocols were to have been signed in presence Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey since Switzerland is a mediator in negotiation between Armenia and Turkey.



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 have arrived in Switzerland to participate in the ceremony.
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