April 19, 2010 - 19:15 AMT
Erdogan: imply to facilitate peace in the region

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey is behind the protocols signed with Armenia last year.

Speaking on Turkey's NTV channel on Sunday, Erdogan said that "the protocols imply to facilitate peace in the region."

Nevertheless, he remarked that the Turkish parliament will not ratify the protocols unless the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is resolved.

Touching on Iran's nuclear program, Erdogan said that Turkey had made all necessary warnings to Iran on the matter.

“A country can build a nuclear power plant for peaceful purposes. It is a natural right of any country to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. However, we do not wish to see nuclear arms in our region,” he said, Anatolian News Agency reported.