Armenian MFA refutes reports on Nalbandian-Davutoglu meeting in Munich

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No meeting between Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu is expected in Munich.



“Minister Nalbandian is not scheduled to attend the,” RA MFA press office told PanARMENIAN.Net



Earlier, Hurriyet Daily News reported that Davutoglu and Nalbandian agreed to meet on the sidelines of 46th Munich Security Conference to discuss the Protocols on normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia.



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.



The annual Munich conference dates back to 1962, at the height of the Cold War, when it was founded by German publisher Ewald von Kleist as the Wehrkundetagung (Security Conference). It was later renamed the international Conference on Security Policy. Each year, some 250 participants from 40 countries discuss in depth their views on the development of transatlantic relations as well as European and global security.