SIGNING OF PROTOCOLS BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY IN ZURICH: OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
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13:18 10.10.09
A ceremony to mark the signing of the Protocols between the Republic
of Armenia and the Republic of Turkey will take place today in Zurich,
says an official press release from the Swiss Federal Department of
Foreign Affairs.
Armenia’s Foreign Minister, Edward Nalbandian, and Turkey’s Foreign
Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, will sign the Protocols in the presence
of Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey.
The signing ceremony will also be attended by US Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov,
the French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, the Slovenian Foreign
Minister and Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of
Europe Samuel Zbogar, and the Secretary-General of the Council of
the European Union Javier Solana.
The signing is the culmination of a mediation process on the part of
Switzerland initiated at the request of the parties.
At the request of the two parties, Switzerland has acted as mediator
in the process to normalize bilateral relations between Armenia and
Turkey for over a year.
On August 31, 2009, the two parties agreed to launch internal political
consultations culminating in the signing of the two Protocols. In
agreement with the parties, Switzerland will host the ceremony today,
October 10, 2009, in Zurich.
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