Deniz Baykal: ratification of Armenia-Turkey Protocols failed

January 21, 2010 - 12:46 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Ratification of Armenia-Turkey Protocols is doomed to failure, which has been evident from the very beginning, according to Deniz Baykal, the leader of Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP).



"Turkish parliament wouldn't ratify the Protocols, even if the resolution on Protocols' conformity with Armenian Constitution weren't passed. The AKP-leaded government should have foreseen further development of events, before signing such 'inappropriate' Protocols," Hurriyet cited the CHP leader as saying.



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.
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