January 13, 2010 - 15:01 AMT
Turkish government makes every effort to ratify Protocols without preconditions


The Turkish government makes every effort to ratify the Protocols on normalization of relations with Armenia without preconditions, Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs told a conference at London-based King's College.

Mr. Davutoglu emphasized that Ankara seeks both "to normalize relations with Yerevan, and to alleviate tensions in the region.""We expect to create a region, where drive from Baku via Nagorno-Karabakh, Yerevan and Nakhijevan to Kars," he said.

He believes that in order to resolve the problems in the Caucasus and to reduce tensions, high-level meetings should be held, Habertürk reported.