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Turkish FM Says It Is A Unilateral Decision Of Armenia

24 April 2010 03:26 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said regarding the decision made by Armenia to suspend protocols signed with Turkey was a unilateral one, APA reports quoting turkishny.com web-page. Speaking to reporters in Estonian capital of Tallinn on Friday, Davutoglu said, "it is a decision made by Armenia unilaterally. The decision is about their own process. As Prime Minister (Recep Tayyip) Erdogan said, it is their own decision."
Armenian President Serzh Sargsian announced on Thursday that Armenia was freezing its ratification of protocols on normalization of ties with Turkey.
"I hope that available political atmosphere will take place in Armenia and Turkey as soon as possible and the process will resume," he said.
Not only Turkey and Armenia but all regional countries as well as international community especially the United States, Russia and France would benefit from resumption of the process, he said.
Davutoglu said everyone including Turkey and Armenia as well as Caucasus and Minsk group should make good use of acquisitions.
Recalling Prime Minister Erdogan’s statement, Davutoglu said there was no change for Turkey and the country always highlighted its loyalty to protocols since the beginning.
The protocols that have been signed between Turkey and Armenia were still at the parliament’s foreign affairs committee, he said. "We are ready to take steps when appropriate conditions occur," Davutoglu said.
He said they discussed the matter with the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Sources said Clinton underlined the importance of continuation of the process between the two countries during their conversation.