Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 22 / Trend U.Sadikhova /
On Oct.21, Turkish Foreign Minister submitted the Armenia-Turkey protocols to the parliament. The process was launched in Ankara. Yerevan has also launched the internal procedures in the government to submit the Turkey-Armenia protocols for consideration, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian told journalists in Baku on Oct, 22.
Kirakossian attends the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) in Baku.
Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers Ahmet Davutoglu and Edward Nalbandian signed the protocols Ankara-Yerevan in Zurich on October 10.
Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey have been broken due to Armenia's claims of an alleged genocide, and its occupation of Azerbaijani lands. The border between them has been broken since 1993.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan lost all of Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojali in December 1991. In 1992-93, Armenian armed forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and 7 districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
According to Kirakossian, under the protocols, the process to normalize the Armenian-Turkish relations will proceed without any preconditions.
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