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Mustafa Kabakchi: â€œTurkish parliament will not ratify protocols signed with Armenia if there is no progress in Karabakh problemâ€ â€“ EXCLUSIVE

Mustafa Kabakchi: â€œTurkish parliament will not ratify protocols signed with Armenia if there is no progress in Karabakh problemâ€ â€“ <font color=red>EXCLUSIVE </font>

30 October 2009 10:05 (UTC +04:00)

Kabakchi is a member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). He said it was impossible to force the parliament to ratify protocols signed with Armenia. â€œI am a member of the parliament. I donâ€™t see probability of ratification of the protocols without progress in Karabakh problem. Turkey and its parliament came to common conclusion about that. Armenia should withdraw its forces al least from a part of the regions it has occupiedâ€.

Kabakchi said they brought the Karabakh problem on the worldâ€™s agenda by signing of the protocols. â€œOSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries attended the signing ceremony and now they must fulfill their duties. They must secure returning of the occupied Azerbaijani lands. The progress in this problem will calm Turkish community. I think the protocols will not be ratified by the parliament if there is no progress. I am sureâ€.