POLITICS
TURKISH PARLIAMENTARIANS WARN USA AMBASSADOR THE PROTOCOLS WITH ARMENIA WILL NOT BE RATIFIED
Ankara, February 17 (AZERTAC). After meeting at the Foreign Relations Committee of Turkish Parliament (GNAT) with the USA ambassador in Ankara James Jeffrey, MP Onur Oymen stated that the protocols signed with Armenia don`t include any clause related to withdrawal of the Armenian troops from the occupied Azerbaijani lands. Armenia, at his words, has no any proof that the occupied regions belong to Armenia and this occupation fully contradicts the international law. The statement by the Turkish Prime Minister is both the position of the Turkish Government and the entire Turkey, he stressed. Therefore, he underlined, without liberation of the occupied lands, ratification of the protocols is impossible. “We openly stated it to the USA ambassador”, Onur Oymen said.
The Ambassador, in turn, said he would convey parliamentarians` statement to his government.
Deputy foreign minister of Turkey Ferudin Sinirlioglu and Turkey`s ambassador to USA Namik Tan discuss the same question in Washington.