Ankara Stands Behind its Signatures: Turkis Deputy PM

Turkey backs and is responsible for the signatures it placed on the Armenia-Turkey agreements and documents, said Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Çiçek at a press conference after a Council of Ministers session, according to Turkish daily Zaman.

When asked in the context of statements by Armenia on possibly halting the process, how will the Protocols process continue, Çiçek said, “If there’s a need to make any statements on any issues, the Foreign Ministry makes it. Be it an agreement or any other document, Turkey backs and is responsible for the signature it affixes to them. But these developments happen beyond our will.”

“All the world should see that if the process is being sabotaged, then not Turkey, but the other side is to blame. One of the main reasons the process got blocked was the ruling by the Constitutional Court of Armenia,” added Çiçek.