Turkey was not acting on behalf of anyone and Turkey has always pursued independent foreign policy," said Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, making a speech before the members of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, who will discuss the Turkish-Armenian protocol today, TRT 3 television channel reported.
"Nobody has the right to accuse Turkey that it acts under the pressure of external forces," Davudoglu said.
The events around the Azerbaijani flag in Bursa are not part of the Turkish foreign policy and those who want to present it in the light of diplomacy, they want to harm the Turkish-Azerbaijani relations, the minister added.
On Oct. 21, the Turkish parliament launched discussions on the Armenian-Turkish protocol.
During the speech by the MP from the ruling Justice and Development Party of Turkey Omer Chelik, MPs from the opposition left the meeting hall of Parliament as protest.
Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers Ahmet Davutoglu and Edward Nalbandian signed the protocols Ankara-Yerevan in Zurich on October 10.
