Armenia Turkey Protocols Delayed By Last Minute Hitch

According to a US official there has been a last minute hitch between the officials of the Turkish and Armenian officials. Now it seems there has been a delay on the issue, reports France 24.

The reason of the delay is not known yet. We are waiting to bring you more on the issue. Many dignitaries including, Russian, US, Turkish, EU and Armenian foreign ministers are in Zurich for the signature of the relations.

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U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton has abruptly returned to her hotel as the signing of a Turkish-Armenian accord was delayed at the last minute over the wording of final statements the parties will make.

State Department spokesman Ian Kelley says the American delegation is helping the two sides work out the wording of the statements.

The agreement to be signed would establish diplomatic ties in hopes of reopening the border between the two countries and ending a century of acrimony over their bloody past.

The two protocols that Armenia and Turkey were to sign today in the University of Zurich called to normalize the relations between the two countries, open the border from the Turkish site, which it had closed in support of Azerbaijan, create diplomatic relations and set up a government commission to make recommendations on how to remove the consequences of the Armenian Genocide.

There could be many reasons for the last minute hitch of the signing of the protocols. It could be Mr. Erdogan's today's announcement of not hurting the interests of Azerbaijan, or could be the lack of progress that Armenia and Azerbaijan could make in Moldova two days agou on the issue of Nagorno Karabakh.

For now it is not clear when the protocols or if the protocols in the current form will be signed.

Written by Armen Hareyan
HULIQ publisher