Turkish parliament considers Protocols
Turkey's Mejlis (parliament) today launched discussions on the Armenian-Turkish Protocols signed in Zurich on October 10.
In his addressing speech Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu presented to the Turkish parliament the contents of the Protocols on establishing diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey and on the opening of Armenian-Turkish border.
Representatives of parliamentary parties are expected to express their opinions on the documents.
Following the ratification of the Protocols, the documents will be forwarded to the Turkish Parliament's Foreign Relations Commission and later to the Supreme Council.
Turkey's parliament has 544 MPs most of them representing the ruling party "Justice and Development" headed by PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Armenia's National Assembly (parliament) will discuss the Protocols after they are ratified by Turkey's parliament.
Note that today the Presidents of Turkey and Azerbaijan, Abdullah Gul and Ilham Aliyev, had a telephone conversation.
Gul presented the details of his talks with U.S. and Russian Presidents in the context of establishing security in South Caucasus.
The interlocutors agreed that Turkey and Azerbaijan have no differences.
