Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davudoglu and his Armenian Counterpart Edward Nalbandyan have signed the Ankara-Yervan protocol in the Swiss city of Zurich, the Turkish CNN Turk TV channel treported.
U.S State Secretary Hillary Clinton, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey also attend signing of the protocol.
Earlier Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Trend in an exclusive interview that Turkey and Armenia will sign a deal to establish diplomatic ties on Oct. 10 or 11.
On Aug. 31, Turkey and Armenia in the talks mediated by Switzerland reached an agreement to launch "internal political consultations" to sign the Protocol on Establishment of Diplomatic Relations and Protocol on Development of Bilateral Relations, the Turkish Foreign Ministry reported.
Political consultations will be completed within six weeks, and following that two protocols will be signed and submitted to the two countries' parliaments for approval, the ministry reported.
At present Turkey does not plan to open the borders with Armenia, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davudoglu said earlier.
Armenian-Turkish ties have been severed since 1993.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
On Oct. 10, the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the Turkish media that his country would never take a step contradicting Azerbaijan's interests
