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14 September 2009 - 11:56 AMT

Deniz Baykal demands to include Karabakh issue in Armenian-Turkish Protocols

The leader of the opposition Republican People’s Party (DNP) Deniz Baykal demanded to include the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh in the Protocol, signed in August between Turkey and Armenia. “Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be included in the Turkish-Armenian Protocol,” Deniz Baykal said.

Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu intends to discuss the protocol between Ankara and Yerevan in the meetings in the Turkish Grand National Assembly.

The Foreign Minister will also meet with opposition leaders on September 15, “Hurriyet” reports.

On August 31 press office of the Swiss foreign ministry published a report which stated that Republic of Armenia and Republic of Turkey agree to begin inter-political consultations with the assistance of Switzerland. Negotiations on the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations are held under the patronage of Switzerland resulted in signing of two protocols: “On establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey “and” On development of bilateral relations”.