ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS WILL BE SIGNED REGARDLESS, SAYS DIPLOMAT
Tert.am
11:57 07.10.09
Despite silence from official sources in Switzerland on whether
the Armenian-Turkish Protocols will be signed or not, they will be
signed, says a representative of Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
reports Turkish news source Hurriyet Daily News.
"The statement could be released or not. It is up to the host country,"
said a senior Turkish diplomat. "No matter whether it is released
or not, I assure you that the protocols will be signed," he said,
without elaborating.
Earlier Turkish news reports claimed that Switzerland could not
disclose details of the signing ceremony over fears of the Armenian
diaspora’s reactions.
Asked if there would be any participants other than the foreign
ministers of Turkey, Armenia and Switzerland, the Turkish diplomat
said, "There could be. There are a lot of countries that will be
pleased by the normalization of ties between Turkey and Armenia."