Turkey, Ankara, / Trend H.Altınalan /
Turkish Foreign Minister said that Armenia does not show favorable intends towards realization of the Ankara-Yerevan protocols.
"Armenia does not show positive position towards the Turkey-Armenia protocols," he told Trend .
Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers Ahmet Davutoglu and Edward Nalbandian signed the Ankara-Yerevan protocols in Zurich Oct. 10.
Turkey and Armenia in the talks mediated by Switzerland reached an agreement to launch "internal political consultations" on Aug. 31 to sign the "Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations and Protocol on the Development of Bilateral Relations," the Turkish Foreign Ministry reported.
Jan.12, 2009, the Armenian Constitutional Court approved the compliance of the Ankara-Yerevan protocols with the Armenian Constitution. However, after the approval the court reported that creation of a joint commission to study the 1915 events is unnecessary and Armenian will never refuse from the demand to recognize the genocide.
Davutoglu said he expressed his concern over the Armenian Constitutional Court's amendments to the protocols during his meeting with his Armenian Counterpart in London.
"The Armenian Constitutional Court's decision is not constructive and following these changes the relations between the two countries again back to the past level," he added.
He said if Armenia does not refuse its non-constructive position and if Ankara considers that the normalization process develops not in right way, then the process can not continue.
Regarding upcoming submission of the so-called 'Armenian genocide' for consideration by the U.S Congress's International Relations Commission Chairman Howard Berman March 4, Davutoglu said that raising this issue Armenia obstacles the normalization process.
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