Being incapable of voicing its discontent via phone conversations and prove that the RA CC judgment conflicts with the Protocols, Turkey decided to send its high ranking diplomats to the concerned countries.

According to Turkish Hurriyet daily, Turkish undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu will leave for Switzerland on February 4 to meet his Swiss counterpart Michael Ambuhl in Bern. Sinirlioglu intends to present non-conformity of RA CC decision with the Protocols and demand that Armenia adheres to content of the documents. Otherwise, Turkey will be unable to go on with the process.

At the fist stage of diplomatic attack Ankara will hold separate meetings with representatives of concerned parties, thereafter will send the sides drafted legal paper. After Switzerland, Turkey will send its diplomats to U.S., Russia and France — co-chairing states of OSCE Minsk Group.

As NEWS.am reported earlier, January 19 Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement criticizing the decision of RA Constitutional Court on Armenia-Turkey Protocols. “It has been observed that this decision contains preconditions and restrictive provisions which impair the letter and spirit of the Protocol,” the statement reads. RA Foreign Minister stated that CC judgment contains no preconditions and conforms to the content of the Protocols, expressing hope that Turkey has no intention to protract the process.

However, Turkish side was not content with statement of Armenian FM and pressed the point. FM Ahmet Davutoglu already met with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Turkey’s groundless assertions are not taken seriously, moreover U.S. highly assessed the judgment by RA CC.

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