“Partial solutions to regional problems will bring neither peace, stability nor a sustainable resolution in the long-term,” Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Burak Ozugergin said, when asked about Clinton’s remarks.
According to Ilter Turan, a professor of international relations from Istanbul Bilgi University, the fact that Clinton, while delivering the aforementioned remarks, particularly underscored that she was in Zurich when the protocols were signed is actually the essence of her message.
“Turkey didn’t clearly elaborate on its stance asking for parallel progress on the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute at the time. I guess that’s why Clinton assumes that Turkey hasn’t fulfilled its part and advocates that it should turn back to the paradigm set in Zurich,” Turan told Today’s Zaman.
“With all our best intentions, we have sent the protocols to Parliament,” Turkish diplomatic sources told Today’s Zaman on Monday, referring to the fact that the protocols were sent to Parliament for ratification in October last year.
“But developments on the part of Armenia has stalled this process,” the same diplomatic sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said, referring to the Armenian constitutional court’s decision, which Ankara says “contains preconditions and restrictive provisions which impair the letter and spirit of the protocols.”
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