Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt called on Turkey and Armenia to accelerate the ratification of signed Protocols, Turkish Stargun website reports.

In the course of EU-South Caucasus cooperation council session in Luxemburg, Swedish Foreign Minister commenting on the Protocols said: “We call on the both countries’ parliaments to ratify the Protocols as soon as possible. Normalization of relations proceeds from common interests.”

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov underlined that stability and peace in the region depends on “withdrawal of Armenian troops from Nagorno-Karabakh.”