In a time when U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton goes to great length with French, Swiss and Russian mediators to bring about the reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia and when OSCE Minsk group reports positive movements on the front of Azerbaijan Armenia negotiations for Nagorno Karabakh, one influential Turkish member of the parliament calls on Azerbaijan to "fight," saying the lands were taken away by blood.

While numerous factors contributed to the United States' rise to the top spot in the annual Country Brand Index survey for the first time ever, the most significant factor is the man in the White House: President Barack Obama.

Here is what is happening between Turkey and Azerbaijan in regard to Nagorno Karabakh. Azerbaijan in late 1990s started war against the civilian population of the Nagorno Karabakh Armenians, who voted to be independent from Azerbaijan due to cultural and human rights related oppression. Armenia supported the move and Turkey blockaded Turkish-Armenian border showing solidarity with Azerbaijan. The later holds Turkey hostage to relations with Armenia. Turkey says you can't do that.

Yesterday two senators from Nevada and New Jersey introduced a new resolution in the U.S. Senate aiming to confirm by the Senate that the atrocities carried out by the government of Turkey in 1915 amount to genocide of the Armenian people. The significance of this new resolution grows on the backdrop of the recently signed protocols between Armenia and Turkey.

Finally the protocols are signed between Armenia and Turkey. The foreign minister of Turkey Mr. Davutoglu and Armenia Mr. Nalbandian signed the protocols normalizing relations between Armenia and Turkey. There won't be any announcements after singing the protocols. Looks like the parties decided not to have any announcements thus resolving the issue that postponed the signing of the protocols.

France 24 correspondence Jasper Mortimer from Ankara says that it is more likely that the issue of Nagorno Karabakh, to which Turkey wants to link the signature of protocols with Armenia has caused the delay. Turkey and Armenia abruptly postponed the signature of the protocols aimed at normalizing the relations.

While all officials are in Zurich and Turkish officials already at the University of Zurich. Reports come that US. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pulled back and returned to her hotel. AP reports that The signing of an accord to restore diplomatic ties between Turkey and Armenia was delayed at the last minute Saturday due to concerns over the wording of the final statement the parties will make.

Today, the president of Armenia Mr. Serzh Sargsyan, just hours ahead of the signing of the protocols between Armenia and Turkey on normalization of relations, issued an address to the nation saying his country's commitment to protocols is not unilateral. "Therefore, if Turkey fails to ratify the protocols within reasonable timeframe or to accomplish its provisions in due time, Armenia will undertake corresponding measures in accordance with international law," said the president.

The Turkish President Abdullah Gul before his visit to France gave an interview to the “AFP” French news agency. In that interview, published by Hurriyet, the president says Turkey will "accept the conclusions" of the historical commission that will study "the matters" concerning to the Armenian Genocide.

Ahead of the upcoming meeting between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the capital of Moldova Chisinau on October 8, one of the leading newspapers in Turkey publishes a story that Nagorno Karabakh belongs to Armenians and the faster resolution of the issue is in Azerbaijan's interest.

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The role of Red Cross Societies in rendering assistance to the Armenian refugees who suffered the Genocide is significant. One of the first organizations that responded to the Turkish violence was the American Red Cross. They set shelter camps in Armenia, particularly in Etchmiadzin and in other parts of the world meeting the genocide victims' needs fleeing from Turkey.