United States Secretary of State Hillari Clinton , who is in Istanbul to participate in the meeting of the Libya contact group, met with leaders of Turkish oppositional Republican People's Party and Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party, according to Hurriyet.

As the news source reports, in the course of the meeting with Turkish opposition, Clinton addressed Armenian-Turkish relations. Representatives of Republican People's Party were most of all shocked at U.S. State Secretary’s question, why Turkish opposition comes out against Armenian-Turkish Protocols.

“Turkey’ authorities are telling me that the issue of signed Armenian-Turkish Protocols has not been entered in the Parliament because the Republican People's Party is against,” Clinton said.

In reply, the party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu expressed surprise saying that authorities are majority in the Parliament and may handle protocols any time they want.

The oppositional Member of Parliament also noted that the country leaders withheld any information on Protocols and Karabakh conflict, therefore the opposition is bound to follow developments through media outlets. -L.Sh-