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Spokesman for Turkish parliamentâ€™s Commission on Foreign Affairs: If the protocols are brought to the agenda I will vote against them â€“ EXCLUSIVE

Spokesman for Turkish parliamentâ€™s Commission on Foreign Affairs: If the protocols are brought to the agenda I will vote against them â€“ <font color=red>EXCLUSIVE </font>

05 March 2010 15:39 (UTC +04:00)

Ankara. Mayis Alizadeh â€“ APA. â€œOur relations with Azerbaijan have been and will remain strong. We are one nation. The recent efforts for the normalization of Turkey-Armenia relations demonstrated Turkeyâ€™s good will to establish peace in the Caucasus. Turkey and Azerbaijan have done their best for normalize the situation in the region. And what has Armenia done? Armenian Constitutional Courtâ€™s decision on the protocols revealed everything. The decision of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs also shows that Armeniansâ€™ position has not changed,â€ spokesman for Turkish parliamentâ€™s Commission on Foreign Affairs, member of Justice and Development Party (AKP) Metin Yilmaz told APAâ€™s Turkey bureau. He mentioned that tens of thousands of Armenians were illegally working in Turkey.
â€œIf we want peace in the region, Armenians should withdraw from the occupied territories. I do not think the protocols will be brought to the agenda of the parliament. If they are brought, I will vote against the protocols. Our position has always been so. If the Congress wants to pass a decision on the â€œgenocideâ€ claims, let it do it. We will also redeterminate our direction. Turkey has large potential. We will attach importance to the extension of the relations with the Turkic-speaking countries,â€ he said.